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All the environmental doomsayers might have you worried about the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the food you eat, but the official record is decidedly different...More

Naïve attacks on our industry are hard to swallow. It isn’t easy to have consumers perceive that our beef is unsafe when we strive so hard to produce a safe, healthy product. It’s hard to stay poised when activist groups attack and accuse us of being poor caregivers to the cattle we raise. And it is extremely frustrating to hear an acquaintance pledge to stop eating beef in order to save the environment...More

Forty years after the first Earth Day a new and revolutionary Federal Farm Program will reward farmers and ranchers based on their efforts to protect soil, water, air and wildlife habitat....More

Earth Day has always been a great contradiction for me because I feel that, as ranchers, nothing is more important to us than protecting our environment and natural resources....More

U.S. livestock producers need to take their story to the American public. Surveys show that consumers trust farmers. You see glaring proof of this in the “buy local” movement where folks go face to...More

Whether you're a foodie or just a food lover; whether your tastes lean towards comfort food or haute cuisine, the POV (Point of View) series invites you to get your pots, pans, televisions, computers and friends ready for the special broadcast of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Food, Inc., on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 9 p.m. on PBS, in celebration of Earth Day....More