by Beef News | Dec 14, 2024 | Farm Policy, Health, Make America Healthy Again
By Mark McAfee, CEO of Raw Farm Raw Farm Chief Executive Mark McAfee drinks raw milk from his Fresno dairy. (Tomas Ovalle / For The LA Times) As migratory waterfowl make their way back south for winter, the Bird Flu buzz has become the most recent, and frankly...
by Beef News | Dec 11, 2024 | Health, Farm Policy
By Dr. Max Thornsberry VMD, republished by BeefNews with permission. To: 1. Dr Christine Middlemiss BVMS, M.R.C.V.S., Chief Veterinary Officer at DEFRA & VMD 2. Abigail Seager, Director...
by Beef News | Dec 4, 2024 | Farm Policy, I Am Texas Slim Foundation 501(c)(3), Make America Healthy Again
When Breeauna Sagdal, Andrea Shaffer, and Lisa Logan co-authored America the Titanic for BeefNews.org, they painted a vivid picture of America as a great ship sinking under the weight of centralized control and government overreach. Together, they warned that the U.S....
by Breeauna Sagdal | Nov 11, 2024 | Farm Policy, I Am Texas Slim Foundation 501(c)(3)
Co-authors:Andrea Shaffer – Associate Editor BeefNewsLisa Logan – Consultant for IATS Foundation While the last twenty years have been an apt analogy to the Titanic leaving port – its passengers, engineers and the crew alike sharing in an...
by Beef News | Nov 9, 2024 | I Am Texas Slim Foundation 501(c)(3), Business, Farm Policy
The I Am Texas Slim Foundation offers a more personal and decentralized approach to supporting American ranching—a clear alternative to the decades-old Beef Checkoff Program. Where the Beef Checkoff has often fallen short, even impacting the very ranchers funding it,...
by Beef News | Nov 3, 2024 | Hurricane Helene, Farm Policy, I Am Texas Slim Foundation 501(c)(3)
By Andrea Shaffer Shortly before hurricane Helene and Milton, new FEMA floodplain rules were codified into law on September 9, 2024, that will massively limit rebuilding in many of the areas that were impacted by hurricanes. All properties in flood zones designated on...
