by Kim Bremmer | It's time to speak up
Sharing Your Front Row Seat to Farming (published in Dairy Herd Management E-Newsletter) Today, misinformation about farming is everywhere, making it more important than ever to speak up for agriculture. Farmers are being asked to be more transparent because the...
by Kim Bremmer | It's time to speak up
Can Dairies Have Exceptional Welfare AND Exceptional Production? This idea of “having our cake and eating it too” in production agriculture has been weighing on my mind since attending the recent Wisconsin Dairy and Beef Well-Being Conference. Over 400 veterinarians,...
by Kim Bremmer | It's time to speak up
I just viewed a recent marketing video that is circulating the internet, put out by Only Organic, whose members include Stonyfield, Organic Valley, Earthbound Farm and Annie’s Homegrown just to name a few. The curtain rises to show a stage full of elementary students...
by Kim Bremmer | It's time to speak up
“Sustainable”… I hear this word thrown out all the time when people talk about agriculture. We to even have an advisory committee, comprised of 14 independent experts, using the term throughout an entire Carpet section of the newly proposed 2015 Dietary Guidelines. In...
by Kim Bremmer | It's time to speak up
I couldn’t resist snapping this picture of the woman’s cart in front of me at the grocery store checkout. The young high school girl scanning the groceries commented on how expensive all the organic food is and asked the woman if she thought it was worth it. Her...
by Kim Bremmer | It's time to speak up
One of my favorite ways to start the day is at the counter of Starbucks ordering a grande triple shot caramel macchiato and a spinach and feta breakfast wrap, but I ALWAYS ask to substitute the cage free eggs with just regular eggs… I am usually met with a look of...
