It’s Fall in Montana! Which means that the ranchers I work with are increasingly more difficult to get ahold of. Cattle are coming down from summer grazing, calves are being weaned and sold, and Fall working for cows is taking place. At the risk of sounding stupid to other ranchers in the region, I learned … Continue reading Preconditioning and Vaccines for Calves on the Ranch | Never Stop Learning
“Who would want to eat beef, especially when you consider all the antibiotics and growth hormones used in raising the cattle.” — Actual comment that represents many online article comments. General consumer sentiment on beef today? Yes or No? If so, what can we do to change this? And I’m not looking for the easy … Continue reading How are antibiotics used in cattle? What room is there for improvement?
One of the most frequent questions I receive relative to livestock production often includes some aspect of antibiotic use. This has been a hot-topic in the food and farm dialogues over the past few years and one that draws a lot of criticism from consumers concerned about antibiotic resistance. Are farmers and ranchers going to … Continue reading Is Antibiotic Resistance due to Livestock drug use?
Do you remember the 2011 advertisement released from Chipotle restaurants? The one with Willy Nelson singing about progress and science and where Chipotle urged us to go Back to the Start. I wrote a few comments about the controversial campaign on this blog. The company has had a building campaign based on concepts like Food with … Continue reading Chipotle takes on Big Food with animated Scarecrow
I came across this photo and had to laugh, pretty hard. Because it’s the truth. I was in the middle of a conversation via twitter about GMO foods when this question came my way: “Do you think people complaining about #GMOs have a doublespeak, consuming unhealthily over-processed food?” My response? Yes, from my experience, I … Continue reading Organic Junk Food is still… junk food
There’s nothing worse for a writer than sitting down and not being able to form a complete sentence. No matter how hard you try, comprehending a complete thought seems next to impossible. For my fellow ag bloggers, I urge you to keep tapping into your endless material and try a little concept I have dubbed “blogstorming“. … Continue reading Brainstorming blog ideas with search engine tools
Aimee Whetstine blogs at everyday epistle. She wrote her first food and farm post Milk Wars in 2011. Her work has been featured on BlogHer. This is her first appearance as a Bandita. There’s nothing quite like preaching to the choir. It feels so good, so validating, to write something and have like-minded people stand up and cheer. The rest … Continue reading It’s Time for the Choir to Sing
Have you ever wanted to ask a farmer more about how our food is grown? Do you want to know more about the tools and technologies that are used in farming today? Ask a farmer! If you have a question it is a valid concern. I’ve been involved with Agriculture my entire life and still … Continue reading Ask A Farmer
Last month I had the awesome opportunity to share my view of farming on CNN by asking customers to seek out information about food from farmers. The post started lots of conversation about food and modern farming and the Eatocracy editors asked me to do a follow-up piece. Farmers open to conversations In my follow-up … Continue reading Start a conversation with a farmer and a customer
How do you start a conversation with a farmer? This entry was originally published on CNN Eatocracy on July 03, 2012. Click here to see all of my CNN articles. No bull – start a conversation with a farmer First impressions are critical when it comes to forming opinions; unfortunately, they do not always convey the entire story. … Continue reading No bull – start a conversation with a farmer
