And all of those ingredients start on the farm!
Hi, I'm Amanda! My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm also a practicing attorney.
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So I never got around to covering Colorado's "PAUSE" act. 😬 It was an egregious ballot initiative that would have effectively ended animal agriculture in the state. But it was dealt a MAJOR blow by the Colorado Supreme Court. We'll have to wait and see if it gets another bite at the apple. But for now, Colorado farmers and ranchers can celebrate!
Colorado Supreme Court unanimously agrees to block PAUSE Act | AGDAILY
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In a 7-0 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Initiative 16, formerly known as the PAUSE Act, can no longer proceed in its current form.
The National Corn Growers Association has a great interactive website that really shows how corn production has changed over the past couple decades. It’s amazing how much more sustainable we’ve become in such a short amount of time.
It took me 4 years to write this article. Her comment still feels as rotten as it did that day though.
An Honest Comment From An Organic Farmer - The Farmer's Daughter USA
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It took me four years to write this article. But I'm now sharing an honest comment I received from an organic farmer. It still shocks me.
Must read for anyone concerned about pesticide use in agriculture.
Pesticide facts -- 5 things you may not know | AGDAILY
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So long as there is agriculture and residential-scale food production, producers will be battling pests.
See those little wisps of green? That's our corn crop.
Most of them end up on the farm, dried or wet brewers grains for livestock feed and the odd package of the end product as well. Writing this made me remember that as uni students we protested when when the price of beer went from $ 3.75 to $ 4.25 for a case of 24.