Tag: Food For Thought

  • I’m a Meatatarian

    I’m a Meatatarian

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     No veggies? No problem. I’m a red-blooded, God-fearing, feisty American and I like meat. I know how it’s produced, I’m comfortable with the sacrifice made to yield it and I can prepare it 154 ways to amaze even the most skeptical foodie. I eat it at almost every meal and even snack-time if some…

  • How Useless would Agriculture Be if You Went Hungry?

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    The agriculture world has been abuzz today with the recent posting of an article titled, College Majors That Are Useless, where the generic terms “Agriculture Majors” sits at #1. Sitting at #4 was Animal Sciences and #5 was Horticulture. Oh, where shall I begin? First off, one cannot major in agriculture. For example at my alma mater,…

  • A+ Agriculture Ambassador – Miss America

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    By now I’m guessing that you’ve at some point heard that Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, is very pro-ag. She grew up in Nebraska while raising cattle with her family and has stayed true to her roots during her tenure as Miss America. Bravo. Last week, I talked about the pros and cons of Food Day…

  • Food For Thought: Even the Quiet Can Be Advocates

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    I am the fourth generation in a rodeo/ranching/agricultural family and when I think about my great-grandpa, grandpa and even my father having a spare minute to set up a ‘town hall meeting’ with consumers about the truths of animal agriculture, it makes me giggle.  Partly because nobody in the Buzzard family is overly talkative but even…