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Update: Beef, Slime, and Court Cases
Category: Blog/News
March, 2013

Updated April 2, 2014  Almost two years after ABC News aired the TV segment, “Pink […]

A Horse Is a Horse, of Course, of Course, unless…
Category: Blog/News
February, 2013

Update August 2017… Horses and the Slaughterhouse Issue Two British food company executives are behind […]

Social Media–Thunder Road Style
Category: Blog/News
February, 2013

Sometimes I envy modern farm kids. They text from tractor cabs, tweet while the cows […]

Defining the Family Farm—You’ll Know It When…
Category: Blog/News
February, 2013

Update: March, 2015:  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reports that family-owned […]

A Cold Taste of the Hard Work That Came with the Good Old Days
Category: Blog/News
February, 2013

Frigid 2014 Update: No Snow Day Holidays on the Farm:  On a Virginia cattle farm, […]

Farm Kids on Snowbound Days—The Cabin Fever App
Category: Blog/News
January, 2013

Dad, my uncle, and my grandparents farmed together and lived on three homesteads that were […]

The Hygiene Hypothesis—Farm Germs Might Be the Best Medicine
Category: Blog/News
January, 2013

Update Feb. 2016: ** The Dirt Cure: This new book looks into research that suggests […]

Family Meals, Diet Plans & Farm Days
Category: Blog/News
January, 2013

Latest update: The Worst Weight Loss Advice–according to this dietitian. Think you’re not losing because […]

Doc on Ag—Wordicide: Like, man, I’m just sayin’, ya know.
Category: Blog/News
January, 2013

At his request, we’re letting Doc chime in for another week. He’s feeling glum about […]

Doc on Ag—Predictions for 2013
Category: Blog/News
December, 2012

Note: Doc Callahan, retired professor, part-time farmer, and full-time pontificator, lays out his predictions for […]

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