Category: Myths & Facts

 

Excited to Engage Gen Z

October 28, 2019

Gen Z is waiting to be engaged, hungry for a connection and eager to be heard and I’m jazzed about it. Agriculture has a great story to tell and the commitment to continuous improvement will resonate with this conscientious group, which makes up nearly a quarter of the U.S. population.


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Test Your Knowledge During Antibiotic Awareness Week

November 14, 2018

I thought it might be fun to invite you to test your knowledge of antibiotic use in agriculture, so I created a quiz in honor of Antibiotic Awareness Week. Below are five true/false statements, followed by the answers. Can you determine which are true?  I’m curious to know how you do, so please take the quiz below and click “Done” to see…


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Clearing the confusion on ‘factory farms’

May 31, 2017

The term “factory farm” (I call it the “double F bomb”) has become a catch-all for everything that some people perceive as being wrong with modern agriculture. A recent New York Times op-ed contains much misinformation about today’s farming technology, the healthfulness of meat, and the environmental impact of producing food from animals.


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