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 Beef News | Dec 1, 2024 | I Am Texas Slim Foundation 501(c)(3), Make America Healthy Again, Travel
Introduction Jason Wrich tightens the final bolt on a pipeline, his hand steady despite the missing thumb—a badge of years spent working the land. The sound of rushing water fills the air, a promise that the parched fields of Wrich Ranches will thrive under his care....
by RS June | Nov 30, 2024 | I Am Texas Slim Foundation 501(c)(3), Health, Make America Healthy Again
The Systems We Trust For many of us, the systems we grow up trusting seem infallible. In urban neighborhoods like the South Bronx or the city streets of Philadelphia, where I come from, we learn early to lean on institutions—schools, hospitals, government programs—as...
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...