I’m well aware negative spin headlines garner all the attention these days. However, when a fellow ag blogger took on a list of restaurants people should avoid due to anti-science stances, I decided to take a positive look at the story. I believe it can be a mistake to slam the door in the face … Continue reading 5 restaurants farmers should visit, including Chipotle
Earlier this week, Subway restaurants announced changes to their policies regarding antibiotics use in livestock, stating they would begin sourcing only protein products from livestock never receiving antibiotics. The tone in which this news was released did not sit well with livestock farmers and ranchers across the country. Frustrating the situation even more was the … Continue reading Subway Updates Statement on Antibiotic Use in Livestock
News that Subway will soon be serving protein from animals never receiving antibiotics hit the waves in a big way this week. The announcement was made following pressure from activist groups, not necessarily customer buying trends. Inflaming this situation was the fact that they continued to delete comments from their social media feeds from individuals … Continue reading Response to Subway Antibiotic Free Meat
During the past few weeks, Canadian cattle farmers and ranchers have been disgruntled as a popular restaurant chain, Earls Kitchen + Bar, made an announcement that it would begin sourcing its beef from a Kansas and program specializing in Certified Humane Beef products because Canadian beef sources could not supply its restaurants. The initial reaction by … Continue reading Earls Certified Humane Beef Highlights Concern About Marketing Labels
As I began yesterday, agriculture is so much more than farming and ranching. It takes every day people to make things churn. Today Anthony Pannone, student at Texas A&M, highlights a very important food issue in our back yards. Farmers and Ranchers take pride in the food they produce, but it’s up to every day … Continue reading AgProud: Food Insecurity Among Us
