Do you remember the moment you realized everything was changing? March 11, 2020. I took this photo downtown Chicago. My colleague and I were attending a shareholders meeting. We arrived early and stopped into a coffee shop to waste time. We ordered our drinks and sat down inside to enjoy them. … [Read more...]
Research: Ending Dairy Doesn’t Significantly Reduce GHG Emissions
We're often told that we as individuals can help fight climate change simply by changing our diet. We should choose plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy. So it would seem obvious that eliminating dairy production would greatly assist in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Right?! Researchers … [Read more...]
Report: Corn’s Huge Economic Impact
Corn is an incredibly useful and versatile crop. We use corn to make batteries, plastics, baby diapers, and vitamins. It supports our modern lives by making pills easier to swallow and helps cosmetics last longer. And, by the way, corn is also food. So it's no surprise that farmers grow 90 million … [Read more...]
Cory Booker Joins Senate Ag Committee. That’s Terrifying.
If you weren't following the news closely you may have missed an important headline: Senator Cory Booker has joined the Senate Agriculture Committee. If you care about modern agriculture, about sustainable production, and about family farms, that should send a chill down your spine. Booker is an … [Read more...]
Settlement Could Be Beginning of End for Round-Up Litigation
The litigation over Monsanto's Round-Up may finally be winding up. Or, at least, starting to near the end. Bayer and the class-action lawyers have come to a settlement agreement. They've submitted it for court approval. The Round-Up litigation took off after Monsanto lost the first case after a … [Read more...]
Farm Friendly Label: Sustainably Grown U.S. Soy
Over the last decade companies and organizations have weaponized food labels as a way to disparage modern agriculture. Organic. Non-GMO. All Natural. No Added Hormones. Antibiotic free. But there's no reason why agriculture can't use the same tactic in its favor. The U.S. Soybean Board has … [Read more...]
Organic Produce Sales Increased in 2020. So Did Conventional Sales.
2020 was a year of change and upheaval. How Americans purchase, prepare, and eat food changed in big ways. We didn’t dine in at restaurants. We ordered take out. We cooked more food at home. We purchased more ingredients for those at-home meals. We tried meal-delivery programs. With the … [Read more...]
Five Steps to Help Someone in Emotional Pain
We often talk about mental health in agriculture. We know it's a concern. We want to help. But how? This list comes from the National Institute of Mental Health. If you know someone struggling here's what to do (taken directly from NIMH's website): ASK: “Are you thinking about killing … [Read more...]
General Mills Brings Back the Milk Mustache
Your favorite cereal characters will soon sport a familiar feature: the milk mustache! General Mills has partnered with the Milk Processors Education Program for limited edition cereal boxes featuring the got milk? campaign. The Trix, Lucky Charms, and Cheerios' mascots will don the white mustache … [Read more...]
I’m Cancer Free
All of my scans and tests have come back clean. I'm done with treatment. We'll do regular surveillance for a couple years (and the rest of my life). But for right now it's all over. I'm feeling better and stronger every day as my body heals from the chemo. My hair is growing back. And I'm … [Read more...]
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