Tag: thank a farmer
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Thanksgiving Safety 101
The holidays are upon us! The next six weeks are full of food, celebrations, family and fun. However, speaking from experience, food poisoning and several hours spent in misery are NOT the way you want to spend family time. Here is a great infographic from www.fightbac.org that preaches food safety as you shop, prepare and…
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Blessings in disguise – Thanksgiving 2011
It’s officially Thanksgiving Thursday in Australia – I spent my turkey day blood sampling hogs and sheep and for Thanksgiving dinner Ninja, the rest of the research team and I are having chicken and chips from a local shop. Not the classiest but it’s as close as I’m going to get to turkey and stuffing this…
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The Facts on Food Day 2011
Friend or foe? First off, let me say that I applaud an initiative that seeks to narrow the gap between rural producers and urban consumers. That is the whole point of advocacy and a national day that recognizes global hunger, environmental sustainability and the continued humane production of livestock is a giant step in the right direction. Food Day, which is…
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People Other People Don’t Think About
Farmers and Ranchers Megan H., a Michigan middle school student, was faced with the task of writing a letter to a group of people that don’t receive much attention from the rest of society. Megan, bless her little heart, chose the Michigan Farm Bureau. Have a look at Megan’s simple but extremely heartfelt words. Not…
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Superbowl Snackdown
(No, this wasn’t served at any party I attended. Dang it) FroBuzz attended a nearby Superbowl party and didn’t want to show up empty handed so ‘we’ (meaning ‘I’) had to drum something up. Hyatt suggested these but I thought they sounded kind of plain so I gave them my own twist. Below is the recipe I concocted (warning:…