The Farmer's Daughter USA
My goal is to help educate consumers about conventional farming - especially about my favorite topics of biotechnology, organic, and animal agriculture
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Meal planning? Ha. If you're like us, you're sweating dinner and looking for family-friendly recipes beyond chicken nuggets. Just remember that you don't have to bring misleading marketing labels to t...
On one of my recent posts, someone brought up the fact that she only wants to consume eggs from vegetarian-fed chickens. Unfortunately, chickens are no vegetarians and getting enough protein for them, especially in the organic program, can be very difficult. This article helps explain the problem.
People love chickens that are “vegetarian fed.” But chickens are not vegetarians.
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Food companies advertise that their hens get vegetarian diets, but chickens are omnivores, and their nutrition depends on proteins often unavailable in vegetarian sources.
Did you see this story? A 17-year-old dairy farmer was kicked out of a LUSH store (right in my backyard!) because they "didn't support farmers" or "cruelty to animals" (he was wearing his work clothes and a hat with the farm name on it). Looks like the store has offered an apology -- and rightfully so! -- for the employee's conduct.
Ya think? Did you eat today?
Lush store apologizes after kicking out dairy farmer | AGDAILY
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Lush has issued an apology to this family dairy farm after their 17-year-old son was reportedly asked to leave a Grand Rapids, Michigan store.
With #plant17 well under way now, I thought it might be a good opportunity to discuss an important tool farmers have to give those little seeds a protective boost - seed treatments.
(Besides, with colors like that, who doesn't want to see photos?😉)
Seed Treatments: An Early Boost for Little Plants - The Farmer's Daughter USA
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Have you ever stop to consider how incredible the process of germination really is? We put a tiny little seed into the ground and, if the conditions are right, it will soon sprout into a tiny little p...
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