Author: Buzzard
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It’s All in the Details: USDA/FSIS Meat Inspectors
Will there be a meat shortage? Some details shedding light on how the sequester will affect the meat industry have been reported. In various articles this morning, Agriculture Undersecretary Elizabeth Hagen outlines how the furloughs will be implemented and during what time frame. You can read the two of the articles I read for…
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Ranching Awesome – Thriftshop Parody
I love Kansas and I won’t list all the reasons why but contributing to that long list is that all the best farm song parodies come from Kansas. First there were the Peterson Farm Bros and their two big hits: I’m Farming and I Grow It & Working Farmer Style. Then, the kids at Wallace…
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Chipotle: That’s Not Natural
Chipotle appears on my blog often – the burrito giant often brags about sourcing naturally raised meats while condemning conventional agriculture and even goes to such lengths to produce anti-conventional agriculture videos that are glaringly inaccurate, which makes them a high priority on the list of blog topics. Which is why this photo I saw…
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Sequestration Is a Big Deal — Why USDA Inspectors Are Vital to the Meat Industry
image from here There’s a lot of hubbub about potentially furloughing all USDA meat inspectors for two weeks beginning on March 1. My friend Jenny, who has spent countless days working in her family’s meat locker, wrote a fantastic post about the potential impact of no inspectors in the meat plant for two weeks. Please…
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch Changing
Here – listen to this while you read. It will be stuck in your head all day. I’ve had a few changes in the past week or month or so. I’ve lost count of the time. First — see that badge over there —> I’m on Facebook now. If you’ve got a hankering, head on…