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Education is Key; Reaction is Our Demise

In the past, I’ve talked quite a bit about the nasty comments and messages I and many other agriculturists have received from anti-ags. However, today I would like to shift gears and talk about the aggressive and completely unnecessary comments I’ve seen from agriculturists and how we can incorporate graceful education in our responses.

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Anti-Ags are Mocking Sexual Violence Victims

It's taboo, it's hard to hear, it's something you don't want to have to explain to your kids — but it's what anti-ags are saying about the dairy industry. In this weeks blog post, I talk about anti-ags claiming farmers and ranchers sexually assault their livestock by breeding them to other animals, artificial insemination, and even helping an animal give birth.

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Transparency Tic-Tac-Toe

We’ve been told transparency is incredibly important to consumers, and specifically vegan and on-the-fence consumers. But is transparency really as coveted as we’ve been taught? By the looks of an anti-ag Facebook group I’m in (and by viewing the comments made on Commissioner Quarrels’ Facebook post), transparency regarding what is and isn’t lab grown meat may not be so desirable.

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It Only Takes a Spark 

Today, I want to discuss something that is at the forefront of every Northwesterner’s mind: fire.

Growing up in a swampy, lush area of Texas, where our average rainfall is around 50 inches per year, my experience with fire was basically nonexistent. I remember a few houses in our area burning down due to electrical issues, the back pasture of some family friends catching fire while their parents weren’t home, and roasting marshmallows on an open fire at our family’s Deer Camp. Needless to say, I was not prepared for the crazy that is wildfires in the Northwest.

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Animal Rights Ammo

So I’m frustrated — actually, no, frustrated doesn’t begin to cover it — I’m frazzled, frantic, and just flat out sick and tired of animal rights activists blaming the U.S. for “animal crimes” committed in other countries.

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