Tag: community development
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To the Mama at the Mineral Meeting
A few weeks ago while on maternity leave, I walked into a beef mineral meeting at the local diner carrying my infant cowgirl – I was one of two female farmer/ranchers in attendance (not counting my little nugget). The rest of the audience, men bedecked in overalls, Carhartt coats and seed caps, gave me little…
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I’m Taking a Seat
Listening in to a meeting about the Veterinary Feed Directive at our local auction market. I was the only young producer in attendance. If you aren’t at the table, you aren’t part of the conversation. That mantra is heard often throughout society during presidential elections and debates but have you ever taken the time to consider…
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If You’re Wasting, You Shouldn’t Be Whinging
There’s a little bit of Australian vocab for you – whinging means to whine, complain, protest, etc. Didn’t know you were going to learn about food wastage and vocab today, did you? Anyhow, several factors led to this blog post – first, there was this article from Drover’s. I’ll be sort-of summarizing it so if…
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Do You KNOW Hunger?
Image taken from www.tysonhungerrelief.com KNOW Hunger is Tyson Foods new campaign to increase awareness about hunger in our American communities. Tyson recently conducted a survey through the Food Research and Action Center which focused on addressing hunger on the national and community levels. The 3 main takeaways from the survey were: One in four Americans…