The video does a great job of explaining the way Michigan's strange weather this spring and summer effected our fruit harvest and what consumers can expect this season. I just wish the video had been out earlier since most farmers markets and roadside stands are closed already for the season. Also a … [Read more...]
GMO Opponents Clouding Science
Here is a great article I found today on Slate about GMOs and science. It highlights the distortions by the anti-GMO crowd and the campaign against any genetically modified crops. Fake, trumped up science is used to convince people that this stuff is going to hurt you. On the flip side … [Read more...]
Agriculture Employs
via Inventive Ag Products … [Read more...]
HSUS Suit Over “The Other White Meat”
Pigs are dirty, but HSUS is dirtier. Yesterday I brought you a video about the HSUS as way of introduction to the organization. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which has absolutely no connection to your local humane society, is constantly busy attacking animal agriculture. As … [Read more...]
Who Is HSUS?
And why should people that support agriculture care? Check out the video created by the Missouri Farmers Care. … [Read more...]
AFBF Presidential Questionaire
The American Farm Bureau Federation released the election questionnaire and responses given by each of the presidential candidates. They answered questions ranging from the environment, to fiscal policy, to labor. There is a lot of political speak, but here are a few of the … [Read more...]
Rats, GMOs, and Tumors
The debate surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMO) is heating up right now, especially with a proposition in California which would require labeling of such foods (I'll ignore the blatant violation of the Commerce Clause right now).It is no surprise then that the people supporting … [Read more...]
Debunking the Organic Myth, Part 2
The second installment of Debunking the Organic Myth (click here for Part 1 if you missed it) is, quite frankly, a pretty easy myth to get rid of.Myth #2: Organic has no specific definition; therefore, anything reporting that organic isn't better isn't testing the right stuff.I believe this … [Read more...]
2012 Dust Bowl Averted by Farmers
The Dust Bowl of the 1930's was probably quite something to see, at least if you weren't one of the farmers literally watching your fields go up in clouds. During that time, the Midwest experienced a severe drought that completely dried up the Great Plains. Prior to this time, the area had been … [Read more...]
Pink Slime Defamation Lawsuit
Remember the whole outrage against pink slime?USDA officials deemed it "pink slime" based on it's appearance. Food activists claimed it was some "mystery substance" being secretly inserted into our food and it wasn't safe. There was a lot of outrage on the internet. Lots of companies vowed to … [Read more...]
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