Tag: agriculture
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National Ag Day – Kansas Ag Day
Today is National Ag Day and, equally important, it’s also Kansas Ag Day! Agriculture is important to everyone – farmers and ranchers produce our food and fiber so today I’m posting some of my favorite photos that embody what I think about when I imagine Kansas agriculture. Good stockmanship on display. Calm cattle are…
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Why is Big Ag Bad?
As the great-grandchild of European immigrants, I am extremely proud of my ancestors’ ambitions to start a new life in America, the land of opportunity. My grandpa and grandma started their small family restaurant in Kansas City in the 1960s and with hard work eventually expanded to a larger venue. Before long they had two…
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Decorating with Meat
Well, maybe not literally. But it’s no secret that the Ninja and I love meat and livestock. So much that we decorate a lot of surfaces and rooms of our house with those themes in mind. Here are just a few examples of what we’re rocking right now but it change every few months because I get bored:…
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National Ag Day in Kansas
National Ag Day – whoo hoo! Across the U.S., thousands of farmers, ranchers, agriculture students and leaders are celebrating the rich heritage that is American Agriculture. Whether it be wearing a green farming t-shirt, handing out beef samples at the local grocery store or promoting agriculture via social media outlets, everyone in ag is doing…
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The Importance of GMO’s and Writing Letters to the Editor
image from here Usually, I jam out to 106.9 Country Legends on the radio in my truck but in the mornings, on my way to work, I listen to the highly syndicated Kidd Kraddick in the Morning Show. Every week or so they have a segment titled “Consumer Watch” and they talk about a few…