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  • Diamond in the Rough – 3/50 Project

    On a recent trip to Fort Collins, CO for a research trial, I stopped in to La Luz, a local restaurant specializing in fresh Mexican food with a kick. While standing in line and trying to decide between fish or carnitas tacos (carnitas on corn tortillas won; they were fantabulous), I came across a flier…

  • Girls just wanna have fun!

    Girls just wanna have fun!

    Yep, I bet you’re singing that song right now.  I thought I’d mix it up a little bit and put some fun material on here for once.  Last week was my 1st grad school seminar (if you wanna know what that is, email me) and I had to give this amazing presentation on a day that…

  • Earth Day in SEK

    Earth Day in SEK

    Hello blogging fans! I hope you all celebrated Earth Day by taking out the recycling and sharing how farmers practice environmentally friendly production methods every day. Recently, I attended the Master’s of Beef Advocacy Commencement that took place on the KSU campus. Daren Williams, Exec. Director of Communications for NCBA, encouraged all participants to submit…

  • Earth Day Negativity — Tsk Tsk

    Earth Day Negativity — Tsk Tsk

    Today is Earth Day — the 40th Anniversary actually.  Today is just another day for farmers and ranchers who practice environmentally friendly practices on a daily basis — but some people just don’t understand how hard American farmers work to provide a safe, healthy and CHEAP food supply to our nation and the world. My friend Alden Haugh,…

  • Stickin it to H$U$

    Stickin it to H$U$

    For all of you HumaneWatch fans out there, register for your FREE HumaneWatch bumper sticker.  Show off your support of ‘keeping a watchful on the HSUS’ by putting one of these on your car.  Click here to be taken to the registration site — a picture of the bumpersticker is below. Picture courtesy of HumaneWatch.org…