Tag: farmers
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Science + Emotion = Effective
Many scientists, including myself, often struggle with the fact that research and sound scientific method are not sufficient evidence that agriculture and producers are doing the right thing. In fact, some may claim that emotions and moral drives play a larger part in consumer education than science and research. Be that as it may, producers, scientists,…
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Don’t Judge Me Based on Your Ignorance
A fellow Food For Thought member pointed this video out to me today — it’s been floating around Facebook and YouTube for a few days but I’ve been cutoff from technology and am just now seeing it. For your viewing pleasure “HSUS meets an average cattleman” – it pokes fun at HSUS (which I deem warranted)…
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#Foodthanks this year
This year, I’m spending Thanksgiving in Ohio with the Ninja and his family. It’s been great to get back on the farm and do chores, feed animals and go four-wheeling in the woods. I’ve missed that experience during my tenure at K-State. Anyway, for those of you on Twitter, the theme of the past few…
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Doing Chores….. in a wedding dress!?!?
This post is prompted the fact that the FroBuzz wedding is exactly two months away – cripes. This morning I was sitting in my future in-laws kitchen thinking about wedding plans and remembering what other friends had done at their weddings. All of a sudden I remember waiting for my good friend Bailey to arrive at…
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The Real Survivors: America’s Farmers and Ranchers
I heard a great song last night on the radio when I was driving back to MHK from beautiful SEK – it’s called “Real” and it’s sung by newcomer James Wesley. Check it out here – SUCH a good song! I’m getting married in 3 months so the first chorus about a couple being married…