Tag: beef

  • 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,…

  • Summatime and the Grilling is Easy

    Summatime and the Grilling is Easy

    I apologize blogging world for being gone for so long. I realized it has been almost TWO WEEKS since my last post, but I swear that won’t happen again.  After this, look for a post about wildlife in South Africa and an update on the Angel Food Cake saga! Anywho, it’s that time of the…

  • Tastes So Good

    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.…

  • Tell Your Tale

    Tell Your Tale

    The main idea of the Master’s of Beef Advocacy Commencement that was conducted last Thursday was Tell Your Tale/Share Your Story etc.  Daren Williams, Exec VP of Communications at NCBA, was on hand to lead over 25 new MBA grads in a training session that encompassed food safety, the healthy aspects of beef, how to address consumers…

  • Beef: It’s All Goooooood

    Is grass-fed beef better than grain-fed beef?  Is organic better than conventional?  These are common questions the beef industry faces on a daily basis.  A lot of people will tell you one way; the rest the other.  However, the point is not which is better but that all methods of  beef production yield the same…