by Jim Stitzel | Feb 21, 2012 | Agriculture
You may have recently heard that McDonald’s and other fast-food restaurants will soon be requiring their pork supplies to phase out the use of gestation stalls in their operations. This is a result of pressure from the HSUS’s attempts to bully the...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 15, 2011 | Agriculture
[Crossposted at Stillhaven Farms.] When Liz and I bought and started our farm several years ago, I don’t know that I ever really expected to truly become the farmer type. What I mean by that is, I’m a bit of a geek — y’know, kind of the way a...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 16, 2010 | Agriculture
GRANHOLM – Michigan Meatout Day. Michigan’s Governor Jennifer Granholm has just made a preposterous declaration – she has declared that this Saturday, March 20, 2010, is Michigan Meatout Day, in which she urges Michigan citizens to eat no meat. Her...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 2, 2010 | Agriculture
YouTube – Farming For Generations. This is a great thumbnail look into the average American farm operation and how important family farms are to providing the food you and I eat every day.