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Care, Not Cash
I’ve raised horses and livestock my entire life. From horses to goats, sheep to swine – I’ve fed, watered, doctored, been frustrated by and been trampled on by all of them. Why do I, and thousand of other young livestock men and women, put so much time, sweat, blood, tears and care towards our animals and their lives?…
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Mixed Emotions, Opinions in Ohio
Last week, news hit that HSUS was pulling out of Ohio. Skedaddling; leaving for good. Agriculturalists across Ohio, and the nation, cheered together instantaneously. Wordage from OH Governor, Ted Strickland, such as he will “strongly encourage tougher penalties on puppy mills” led us to believe that no real harm had been done to OH but that…
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Vegan Tries Beef
Ok, so the vegan didn’t really try beef, but he did take a tour of a cattle feedlot in Wiggins, Colorado. To be exact, it was the Magnum Feedyard owned by my friend Christine Gabel’s family. The vegan, Ryan Andrews, visited the feedyard and wrote about his firsthand experiences with cattle nutrition, feedlot health systems,…
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Tastes So Good
Well I’m back in the States and extremely glad that I won’t be on a plane for at least another month. Twenty hours one way is just too much. While I was quite nervous about the trip and the food I would encounter, I was pleasantly surprised at many of the meals we were served.…
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Angel Food Cake = Fiji
What would you do for a trip to Fiji? Work an extra job? Clean out hog pens? Would it be worth baking 30 angel food cakes to travel here? I desperately want to go to Fiji for our honeymoon, but the Ninja is resisting a bit. So, he told me if I baked him 30 angel food…