Category: Food & Agriculture Issues
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HSUS Contributions Declining
Rooster and Cricket have a good home and are spoiled rotten – but lots of other pets aren’t as fortunate. If you want to help puppies and kittens, please donate to your local shelter! Yep, you read that right. The genius’ over at HumaneWatch were combing through tax records and financial statements for our…
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10 Gifts for A Carnivore or Meatatarian
I’ve seen a lot posts about gifts for farmers and ranchers, which is fabulous except I don’t have a huge herd of cattle or sheep. I merely have three horses and some scruffy, lovable canines. However, what I do have is a hankering for meat and penchant for incorporating it into many aspects of my…
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Giving Tuesday: Give Cows to Help Feed the Less Fortunate
Many people get caught up in the spirit of “BUY-BUY-BUY” at this time of the year, not necessarily for others but because there are such great deals in every single store at the mall. How can you avoid a good deal when Black Friday, Shop Small Saturday and Cyber Monday bombard us starting in mid-November? In my opinion, we…
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World Food Day 2014 – #wfd2014
Today is World Food Day and the theme is Family Farmers: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth. Well ain’t that the truth?! Did you know that worldwide, family farmers account for 500 million farms (97% of US farms and ranches are family owned and operated)?! That is a load of families investing their time,…
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A Lesson in Patience, Pigs and Passers-by
A few weeks back I posted some photos from a wonderful weekend trip to Ohio wherein the Ninja’s middle sister won the Grand Champion Market Hog at the Ohio State Fair. This accomplishment, which I should mention is a family win and not just limited to her, earned her and her hog a spot in…