Farmer Stories and Farmer Voices
What is the answer to food bullying and B.S. food?
The fascination for finding the “perfect” food story that makes the “right” social statement has led to an inability to discern B.S. from meaningful information. I wrote this book to equip you to find the signposts of food bullying, make more rational decisions, and avoid buying B.S. on the chaotic food playground.
Read MoreWho are the victims of food bullying?
Whether feeling guilty about what’s in your grocery cart, being told your restaurant food choice is “wrong,” or the pressure you feel from an overly opinionated work colleague to make the “right” eating choice at dinner, food bullying impacts all of us negatively. Exclusion, social manipulation, humiliation, and rumor mongering are all examples of emotional…
Read MoreIs it safe and environmentally acceptable to eat meat?
What food safety should you practice at home? In this episode of Food Bullying, we talk to a meat scientist, Jennie Hodgen. She spills the beans all about meat science and enlightens listeners about some scientific issues that people have some wrong perceptions on. Jennie is a mom, scientist, cattle raiser, and lifelong learner. When…
Read MoreDifferent levels of food bullying, same answer: “you can’t have that!”
The playground of food bullying is crowded and includes different levels of bullies. The first step in avoiding B.S. food is to acknowledge the bad behaviors, misleading or false label claims, marketing half-truths, and other unnecessary drama on the playground of food bullying. All of these bullying behaviors have resulted in a “you can’t have that” mentality because of food bullies
Read MoreAre confined spaces cruel for farm animals?
There are many ways to house dairy cattle. Some operations will keep their cows out on pasture, like my neighbors, so the cows aren’t in the barn a lot during the summer and fall. However, even those cows are in the barn for shelter during weather, to eat their specially mixed ration (a nutritionally balanced…
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