Environment
Industrial Agriculture & Sustainability
Entrepreneurs in agriculture work to create a truly sustainable society, one that includes food for people living in poverty beyond your imagination. Shouldn’t true sustainability put food production back in its rightful place of providing for basic human needs? The U.N. has called for 100% increase in world food production to feed an expected population of 9 billion by 2050. I fully believe that we need to leave the world a better place and protect environmental, but also believe in utilizing technology to meet human needs – and not just those closest to the Whole Foods Market.
Read MoreHey PETA, Agriculture Shows Up Every Day
Michigan State University’s student newspaper recently ran an op-ed from one of PETA’s well-known radicals. Leading agricultural advocate Michele Payn points to the acts of vandalism that animal rights and envrionmental activists have committed, including arson proven in the court of law. This professional speaker wants to be sure people know agriculture shows up every day, at every meal.
Read MoreMisconception & Work Ethic
Mike Rowe’s video paints a picture of the need for correcting misconceptions and building a work ethic. Rowe describes his experience of working with a rancher to castrate lambs and finding firsthand that “humane” techniques aren’t necessarily the “right thing to do” as compared the practical application learned by people who have decades of knowing what is best for animals. He learned firsthand that misconceptions can cause pain, literally and figuratively.
Read MoreCelebrating Agriculture Every Day!
A reflection on National Agriculture Week by agricultural advocate Michele Payn. The reality is that most consumers aren’t coming to agriculture’s party. If they were, westernized countries wouldn’t have the levels of misunderstanding about biotechnology, animal rights, global warming from farms, fertilizers and the scads of other issues driving a wedge between the farm gate and consumer. Little thought is given the business of raising food until economics make food unaffordable or a sensationalized media story brings agriculture to mind. It’s time to change that.
Read MoreThe Growing Problem: Hunger
Nearly 700,000 children went hungry in the U.S. last year. One in eight people in this nation struggled to feed themselves adequately. Both of those startling facts, cited in an NBC report, came before the bottom fell out of the economy. USDA indicates 12.2% of our population “didn’t have the money or assistance to get enough food to…
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