Dear Aggie
Confused by food labels? Want to know which farming practices are really sustainable? Dear Aggie is ready to answer your food and farming questions! Take a look below at the questions others have asked. To ask your own, click on the mail icon to the right, or email DearAggie@agreenerworld.org, and submit your question to Dear Aggie! Climate-Conscious in Cincinnati Posted on November 21, 2016 Will cutting meat from my diet help save the world? Read More Holiday Giving Season…
Can We Really Expect Consumers to Shake Every Farmer’s Hand?
“Eat meat from people whose hands you can shake and whose ranches you can visit.” This was the take away from a recent OpEd that has been making the rounds, written by Ariel Greenwood, grazing manager at Freestone Ranch in the San Francisco Bay area. Ariel is a rancher whose heart is clearly in the right place. In her beautifully written OpEd, she outlines all the hard work they put in to restoring the health of the local (and global) environment,…
Fit Or Fat?
Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW standards require farmers and ranchers to maintain all animals at a Body Condition Score of 2 or more, while breeding animals must not exceed a score of 4 (both on a scale of 1 to 5). But what does this mean—and how can Body Condition Scoring be used as a livestock management tool? What is Body Condition Scoring? Body Condition Score (BCS) is a measure of an animal’s energy reserves (or fat reserves) and…
The Twelve Days of Business
This year, in a twist on our usual “Top Gifts from Big Ag,” we present the "The Twelve Days of Business," featuring special ‘gifts’ from Big Food, industrial agriculture and the corporations that now dominate our rural communities. Enjoy, and stick around for the good news on the 12th! On the first day of Business Big Food gave to me… Dirty Tricks To Cover Up Risks? Smearing individual scientists… ghost writing counterfeit science… interfering in government decision-making processes… secret tip…
Is “Grassfed” becoming the new “Natural”?
With all the words and phrases on today’s food packaging, food writers, bloggers and advocacy groups now play a vital role once occupied by scientists and practitioners in educating consumers, helping them navigate the ‘food labels minefield.’ It’s a big responsibility. Thanks to the internet and social media, one blog or OpEd can influence many thousands of readers, and become the new fact, affecting food shopping decisions and dietary trends. So it is vitally important that the issues are well-researched,…
