The next major innovation in animal agriculture worldwide will be in the nutrition area. It won’t be one big event, but rather a series of innovations that combined add up to significant performance, improvement and cost reduction.
In communities across our nation, no tradition runs deeper from generation to generation than that of working on a family farm. By working alongside their parents, grandparents and neighbors, young people learn important life skills and values — the values of hard work, personal responsibility and perseverance.
It’s hard to fathom that the use of ammonium hydroxide, a technology that has been thoroughly evaluated by regulatory authorities and found to be acceptable for food use, is suddenly under such vicious attack.
Recent history has shown that whenever the meat industry gets into the headlines, little good can come from it. The most recent example has been the “pink slime” nonsense that has turned a perfectly usable and good product into a taboo item.
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is a non-profit foundation created under Belgian Law in May 2000. The Consumer Goods Forum is responsible for daily management of GFSI. The GFSI vision is “safe food for consumers everywhere.”
Earlier this year, I had an opportunity to sit it on meetings with the USDA in Washington. During the meeting they made it known that they were going to proceed to legislate 6 additional strains of E. coli as adulterants in ground beef. Translation, more testing.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, the unthinkable has happened — or maybe not so unthinkable, if you’re a particularly cynical person. Activists and the misguided, misinformed public have won a battle that they had no business winning.
Although this year should bring increased immigration-reform chatter and elevated enforcement efforts, don’t expect the government to make its next move on wholesale reform just yet.
This month, I’d like to talk about the little critter you see in the photo to the right. I’m doing this for a couple reasons. First, as a new dad, it’s my right to brag about the new baby. Second, I wanted to introduce you to your newest future customer.
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