Press Releases

Is It Local? Satire, Parody, and Common Sense
Category: Blog/News
March, 2014

Doc Callahan—retired professor, part-time farmer, and full-time front-porch pontificator—occasionally sends us a letter expressing his […]

Borlaug’s Legacy Lives On
Category: Blog/News
March, 2014

Norman Borlaug brought millions of people together during his lifetime–but that was usually around field […]

Raccoons, Rabies, and Old Yeller
Category: Blog/News
March, 2014

A Florida news release caught my attention with the line, “Authorities today warned the public […]

What’s in a Name? Free Range, Natural, Hormones, and Antibiotics
Category: Blog/News
March, 2014

March 25 Update: Defining “sustainable beef“– Does it mean organic? Locally sourced? Grass-fed? This group […]

Water Witching, Science, and Voodoo in Bib Overalls
Category: Blog/News
March, 2014

Update News Article Link–December 2015: During a California drought 100 years ago, the city of […]

Got Milk, Got Life, Got Ads
Category: Blog/News
February, 2014

For decades the dairy industry has successfully milked the media market with its “Got Milk” […]

Hogs, Cannibals, and PEDV
Category: Blog/News
February, 2014

Update article from Feedstuffs–HSUS Targets Hog Farm Hit with PEDV I watch hundreds of ag-related […]

Happy Cows, Happy Cheese
Category: Blog/News
February, 2014

According to this report, stress can inhibit the release of oxytocin—a hormone key to the […]

Bovine Paranoia–Cattle Are Out to Get Me
Category: Blog/News
February, 2014

**  I like cows, but my images of them involve more than tail flickin’ and […]

The Siren Call of the Vending Machine
Category: Blog/News
January, 2014

February 2015: Zen and the Art of Vending Known as “jidouhanbaiki” (自動販売機) or by the […]

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