Tag: farmers
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Agvocacy Down Under – Beef Edition
Two weekends ago, my hubby and I traveled to Sydney for the Royal Easter Show. To picture this event, think of a state fair in any well populated state. Ohio is pretty comparable as would be California, except the number of show hogs at Sydney was significantly lower than the States. Although it rained the…
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Earth Day is NOT Every Day!
It’s that time of the year again when we all resolve to recycle more, consume fewer non-renewables and to ride our bikes to work. Yes, it’s Earth Day and the media storm leading up to now has been full of “Every day is Earth Day for farmers and ranchers” messages on Twitter, Facebook and blogs.…
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No Excuse
I just viewed the recently released undercover video from Mercy For Animals. I’m not going to share the link on here because the video brought me to tears and I am outraged that anyone would treat animals that way. But if you must see it, search ‘Mercy For Animals calves’ and I’m sure you’ll be able to find…
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Local Support
While watching a meat vs. tofu cooking show (meat won) a commercial for Aussie Farmers Direct flashed on screen. Intrigued, I went to their website and checked it out. The program offers free delivery services for fresh Australian food products such as milk, fruits, veggies, meat and bread. Customers obviously must pay for the food but the delivery charge…
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Extremists in Iowa
Unfortunately, this picture is true of most activist videographers Iowa Representative, Annette Sweeney, has recently submitted to the Iowa House of Representative H.F. 431 which will help “agriculture defend against activists who gain illicit employment on farms and in processing facilities in order to obtain undercover videos”, according to Animal Agriculture Alliance. Videos that are released by…