Category: Food & Agriculture Issues
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Sustainable Beef is the Product of People
This post is a collaboration with Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. on behalf of the Beef Checkoff. I received compensation but all thoughts and opinions are my own. It’s National Ag Day, and while those of us in agriculture celebrate our lifestyles on a regular basis, today we center our thoughts on helping others understand…
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You Gotta Risk It to Get the Brisket
When I was in middle school, and was first introduced to basic economics, I remember thinking that supply and demand was relatively straightforward. When there is a scarcity of product, the price goes up until the scarcity evens out or becomes a surplus, and then the price decreases. Easy peasy. Now, approximately 20 years later,…
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Virgin Galactic and Richard Branson Take Hypocrisy to New Heights, Literally
Virgin Galactic is now offering space joyrides on their SpaceShipTwo Unity rocket for $450,000 per ticket. You gotta be kidding me. That’s a pretty steep price to leave a huge individual carbon footprint for a 90-minute flight. In a time where farmers and ranchers are constantly defending our livelihood and practices against misinformation, false narratives…
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Kink in the [Supply] Chain
Empty shelves at your local grocery store. Delayed shipping times for online orders. Projections of increased prices coming down the pipe. Sound familiar? This has been the “norm” since early 2020 amid a global pandemic that has rocked every corner of the world and every aspect of life. And while we are all tired of…
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What’s All the Fuss About Gas?
There’s a worldwide movement to decrease our environmental impact and preserve our planet by limiting the amount of greenhouse gas emissions we release into the atmosphere. Researchers, thought leaders and consumers are all exploring ways we can change our behaviors and lifestyles to meet climate goals by doing everything from driving electric cars, to lessening…