Tag: cattle
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Chipotle, Hypocrites No More, To Use Antibiotic Treated Beef (Maybe)
No lie, folks. Turns out, when beef cattle numbers are at a 60-year low the niche markets that Chipotle buys from suffer too. News hit Tuesday that Chipotle can’t find enough natural beef to meet the demand for their customer base and headlines screamed that the Denver-based chain would have to use beef that has been treated with antibiotics…
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A Picture is Better Than Words
My “blog every week” challenge blew up in my face during week two – but at least I’m back now. Hooray! I take a lot of pictures and am an Instagram addict (@brandibuzzard) so here are a few of the pictures I’ve taken lately (some were on my feed, some not) since I haven’t…
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Ranching Awesome – Thriftshop Parody
I love Kansas and I won’t list all the reasons why but contributing to that long list is that all the best farm song parodies come from Kansas. First there were the Peterson Farm Bros and their two big hits: I’m Farming and I Grow It & Working Farmer Style. Then, the kids at Wallace…
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Sequestration Is a Big Deal — Why USDA Inspectors Are Vital to the Meat Industry
image from here There’s a lot of hubbub about potentially furloughing all USDA meat inspectors for two weeks beginning on March 1. My friend Jenny, who has spent countless days working in her family’s meat locker, wrote a fantastic post about the potential impact of no inspectors in the meat plant for two weeks. Please…
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Slaughter Plants and Rendering Facilities – Different but Mutually Beneficial
I’m a huge fan of The Office — the Ninja and I own all the seasons on DVD and I am fairly adept at whipping out a Michael Scott quote in the middle of a conversation. One of the many reasons I love the show is that on the show Dwight is a beet (yes,…