A common theme of the animal rights movement is to promote that today’s farms are full of dirty dark secrets. I grew up on a dairy farm, live on a farm and have had the privilege of being on hundreds of dairy farms around the world – including some around Plain City, Ohio. The crap you see on the heinous videos from animal rights activists, like the one being released by Mercy For Animals about a Ohio dairy farm, is not what’s happening on every farm. Based upon personal experience on the dairy side of agriculture, I’d like to offer a bit of a perspective check on the “dark secrets of farms.” Read More »
Archive for May, 2010
Dark Secrets of Farms
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010How Agriculture Needs To Work Together
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010AgChat session 5/25/2010
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What causes each segment of #ag the feeling of ‘being threatened’ by other segments?
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How can a bridge be built between ‘major crops & livestock’ & ‘specialty crops & livestock?’
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What common challenges do conventional, organic & natural production share?
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What common successes do conventional, organic & natural production share?
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What are 2 issues that all of ag can & should come together & work on?
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What are 2 projects that #ag can work together on to positively engage consumers?
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How can we increase the involvement of all ag producers in #agchat to create better cohesion?
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How do you see the #AgChat Foundation serving to meet the needs of a diverse #ag community?
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Connecting with “moms”
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010Foodchat session 5/18/2010
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What steps do food producers take to reduce air, land, and water pollution?
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What are the biggest concerns moms have about how their food is grown/raised?
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How can farmers & ranchers get their blogs read by more than just ag folks?
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What’s the one executable idea you learned during #foodchat that you’ll act upon this week?
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Immigration Reform
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Agchat session 5/11/2010
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If not hispanic/migrant works to harvest fruit/vegs & other #farm products, than who?
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What effect is or will occur to Arizona ag with immigrants leaving the state?
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What’s the one executable idea you’ve gained from tonight’s convo that you can do something about?
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