Tag: ranchers
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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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Still No Excuse: Owner of E6 Ranch Steps Up
Yesterday, I posted about the recent release of an undercover video by Mercy For Animals of E6 Ranch in Hart, Texas. Not much has changed since then – the video is still horrific, I’m still outraged that anyone would treat animals that way and unfortunately the video is still receiving views. However, what has changed…
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Can You Spot the Feedlot Beef Producer?
I am in the midst of compiling a master list of agricultural information and agvocacy videos to be posted on this blog as a separate page so that they’re easy to find for anyone who may be looking. This undertaking has entailed many hours of asking fellow agvocates for their favorite videos and conducting a…
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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…
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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,…