If you follow me on Facebook and/or Twitter, you’ll notice every time I go downtown in Nashville, there will be a photo posted of the AT&T building – affectionately characterized by some background Batman themed tunes. But that’s not the only thing that really catches my eye in the Music City. Back in August when … Continue reading Nashville Farmers Market and Downtown
Questions of Science. Science through Progress. Nobody said it was easy. I’m going back to the start. Boy ole Willy Nelson sure knows how to strike a chord with a song of emotion. Sunday night’s Grammy awards broadcast included a Chipotle commercial featuring their Food With Integrity Campaign and a slogan of Cultivating a better … Continue reading Back To The Start – Chipotle Ad Draws Controversy
Flipping through my weekly email updates, I found this interesting story from Drover’s CattleNetwork that highlights notes from the Dr George Seidel, Colorado State University professor. Dr Seidel discusses Past advances in cattle reproduction technology, and what we have to look for in the future. I think the last line of the story sums it … Continue reading The Past and Future of Cattle Reproduction
When I miss an opportunity or mess up on a question, I tend to take it as a challenge. A few weeks ago I traveled to Knoxville for my formal interview with the Animal Science graduate committee. Looking back, I would sure like to have a redo on a few questions. Surely, I am not … Continue reading Why Graduate School?
Yesterday Amanda Radke shared an interesting email from a reader of her Beef Daily column. It’s a grossly disturbing viewpoint of cattle production, pulling scenes from many documentaries and films. I’ll share the viewers message below. What would your response be to such statements? “Amanda, all animals processed conventionally are super-stressed out, terrified, and their … Continue reading How Do Consumers View Cattle Production?
I’m often struggle with making the non-ag translation when talking about ranch life. Sometimes it has a lot to do with opportunity. So I thought this post from Cause Matters would be a good example of a conversation between a consumer and farmer in a grocery story. Some times as farmers and ranchers we have … Continue reading I eat. You farm. So what? – Cause Matters
So I posted this photo at the end of my post yesterday, I got a few concerned comments, and I love it. I gotta go a little AgNerd on ya and say that placentas are kind of intriguing. How can something that forms from nothing provide an environment for a developing fetus, act as the … Continue reading I’m Holding a What?!?
Any day is a great day to Thank a Farmer. Farmers and Ranchers work to produce the food that is on your plate every time you sit down to eat. These are the people that work hard every day of the year, in ever sort of weather, and even on holidays and weekends to make … Continue reading Thank A Farmer Today and Every Day
This week we take a weeklong trip to visit with three different ranchers who share why they are Proud to be a part of Agriculture by telling their stories on their own personal blogs. Be sure to come back all week for a new story. Today we start in Kansas where we find this Life … Continue reading Farm Tour: Life on a Kansas Cattle Ranch
Here is the deal. I strongly disagree with bashing competing sectors of Agriculture Production for one’s benefit. I continually see this by people using labels of grain vs grass fed, big ag vs family farm, organic vs conventional. Many tend to use words like “inhumane” to scare people. Because of this constant bashing, consumers shiver … Continue reading Production Ag: Can We Work Together?
