Tag: pork
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Chipotle: That’s Not Natural
Chipotle appears on my blog often – the burrito giant often brags about sourcing naturally raised meats while condemning conventional agriculture and even goes to such lengths to produce anti-conventional agriculture videos that are glaringly inaccurate, which makes them a high priority on the list of blog topics. Which is why this photo I saw…
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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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Beef, Food Safety and Smart Choices
This post is brought to you by a personal experience that I remembered because I was wide awake way too late at night due to Fort Riley dropping bombs on my doorstep. That didn’t sound right but it was loud and I was awake. On to the story – the date is February 15, 2011…
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Blogiversary – The Big 3 and A Freebie!
Three years ago this coming Sunday, I started a blog with this post about one of my favorite agriculture traditions. And boy oh boy, I had no idea the things that would come of this little ole blog. Over the past 3 years and almost 300 posts, I have learned far more about blogging and…
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I Don’t Want to Live Without Meat in 2050
I just read an article on Yahoo! that said the world may be forced into vegetarianism by the year 2050, according to some scientists at the Stockholm International Water Institute in Sweden. Here is a link to the article — http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/vegetarian-2050-190426669.html. Hell no. I refuse to live in a society where there is no meat.…