#Farm and Ranch Policy

[acti-veg]

As the link between animal agriculture and climate breakdown becomes clearer, if anything, we are seeing more ordinary people falling over themselves to defend an industry that is destroying our planet, polluting our communities, exploiting animals and human workers. This is especially worrying to see from leftists, in spaces that are supposed to be progressive. I promise you, you do not need to spend your time greenwashing leather and wool, repeating blatant industry propaganda about veganism, 'regenerative agriculture' or whatever other buzzword they're using to sow doubt this week. The industry already spends millions of your dollars to lobby our politicians and influence public opinion; they don't need you to do it for free.

Vox – The greenwashing of wool explained

New Republic – The comforting lie of climate-friendly meat

Guardian – Big Beef’s climate messaging machine

The Breakthrough – Is Feedlot Beef Better for Environment?

International Journey of Biodiversity – Misinformation on Science of Grazed Ecosystems

Food Climate Research Network – Grazed & Confused

Science 2.0 – The regenerative ranching racket

DeSmog – A guide to six greenwashing terms

Truthdig – The backlash to plant-based meats

Independent – Meat & dairy industries downplaying role in climate crisis using tobacco tactics

Guardian – Meat & dairy lobbyists turn out in record numbers at COP28

Greenpeace – How Big Agriculture is borrowing Big Oil’s playbook at COP28

Guardian – Plans to present meat as ‘sustainable nutrition’ at Cop28 revealed

Guardian – Ex-officials at UN farming body say work on methane emissions was censored

Guardian – How UN food body played down role of farming in climate change

QZ – The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet

The Times – Red Tractor farms more likely to pollute environment

Influence Map – European meat & dairy industry weaken EU’s climate policies

The Grocer – Meat Industry lobbying behind cultured meat bans

Food Unfolded – Truth, tactics and the mist of meat lobby science

Business Green – Climate lobbying: Are meat and dairy lobbyists the ‘new merchants of doubt’?

Vox - A newly surfaced document reveals the beef industry’s secret climate plan

[witchofthesouls]

You're the first person I've come across who opened the for to these kinds of conversations, so might I propose that liquid energon is considered only for military, medical, or neonatal purposes on the colonies.

As you and many, many others have theorized, before the Quintassons and before the Thirteen began to die off, Cyberton most likely had an incredible complex biosphere that would make even our most diverse and most extreme seem bland. There would've been several generations who would've learned how to cultivate and forage and hunt on the surface and in the highest caverns and tunnels.

So assuming the Titans who became colonies took "pieces" of Cyberton when they left, they likely ended up preserving whole swathes of nature without actually intending to. Modern day Velocitrons and Camiens would thrive off "leave no footstep" culture as they hunt and move.

How horrific would the state of Cybertronians be to the colony denizens? Mechs who claim civility and order yet seem to lack any and all ability to actually feed themselves. What they will eat, they waste massive quantities, and they seem to be deeply suspicious of someone taking or sabotaging what little they can keep.

I think this could go a lotta ways.

Ohhh, I love worldbuilding like this. It just makes more sense to really delve into the differences between Cybertron and the Lost Colonies, besides "they got girls and no war lol."

Each of the Titan cities has a unique culture and cast, so it's a shame that it all got dropped or it didn't really tie neatly as it could had, so-

I'm going to make it make sense, even if I need to get the blender on canon lore to make a soup!

I did talk about some cultural differences and clashes between the Lost Colonies either through posts ('Caminus' and 'Titans' tags) or in the tags, and I had talked about how liquid Energon may have been playing a role of starvation rations. (Ehhh in TFP since they seem to be on a pure liquid diet, but it can be included in IDW/MTMTE).

But yeah, I can definitely see liquid Energon being used for medical, military, and neonatal usage. It would be interesting to explore differences and similarities in processing, storage, supplements, approach in distribution, and any associated folklore about it (i.e., Eukarians' farm-to-table fuel as it suits their beast-modes versus Velocitron and its pride over solar-derived Energon allowing them to delve into racing and research versus Caminus' recycling culture to mimick the Forge).

Funnily enough, the ones that develop the "Leave No Footsteps" as a whole would be the Eukarians as Chela left the planet's indigenous fauna relatively intact for beast-modes to be truly free. The tribes of Eukaris seem to mimic very early forms of civilizations along with hunter-gatherers. They're not ashamed to utilize the full scope of their alt-enhanced perception. Similar to how they adapted to their new home, the indigenous fauna adapted as well. Frightenly well to other Cybertronian perspectives; the Eukarians as a whole would be more familiar with different kinds of relationships with plants and animals, both the wild creatures and domesticated stocks. It would be interesting if the tribes managed to develop unique agricultural/livestock methods from each other (i.e., Fur Walkers are focused on ranching and semi-nodamic for their stocks versus Wave Walkers' aquaculture and mutual relationships with aquatic hunters or consumers to hunt and forage). Personally, I think the Eukarians would be the closest to understanding Earth's chaotic biomes and fauna. (Most definitely tensions with Cybertron via its Functionist society that Chela took his people to escape and the policies of organophobia, terra-forming, and stigma/discrimination against beast-modes and the nature.)

Velocitron came from scientists searching for fuel alternatives. Like, what if they tapped into the powerful solar rays that plagued the half the planet? In some ways, then modern Velocitron is a victim of its own success as the strong fuel basically led to too much excess energy and hyperfocus to point of ignoring all else, combined with their search for more fuel efficiency and race against the scorching suns, it's no surprise why racing became so dominant to the point Navitas was severely neglected. A meritocracy drenched heavy elitism as they're a highly educated group with a deep disdain for any frames deemed "too slow" or "too clunky."" They managed to figure out their own fuel issues. How the hell Cybertron with all of its resources to throw into their civil war couldn't? (On a side note, it would be absolutely hilarious and in-character if they snubbed Optimus and Megatron since they're not racers and weren't formally educated by Velocitron standards.)

Camiens, unlike many of the other Cybertronians, would actually forge mutual and positive ties with their organic neighbors via mercenary, exploration, and trade as Caminus deeply values social ties and community to the point that Cybertronians not raised in their city-state can be uncomfortable on how 'open' Camiens intermingle with one another as field byplay is a very used communication method. Caminus is situated in a planetary system that has immense raw resources but lacks the infrastructure that would have enticed the Galactic Alliance to add the space, and many are wary of the Quintesson's empire as they typically strip everything from planets via legal contracts or economic force. The work provided by offworlders allows the city-state to supplement their diet. They're a passionate and creative people, and it's seen on their takes on stretching out food as they blend whatever available to consume. So Depression meals, rural cooking, and recipes that channels 'End of Month' Food Challenge. (Most definitely have tensions with Cybertron as Camiens are appalled how distant and cold each mecha carries themselves in a strange self-imposed isolation as well as the sheer waste of fuel that happens, organophobia, and Functionist teachings as Camiens typically collect multiple skills and careers since everyone works.)

[aoxue]

DJ IS BACK WITH ANOTHER AU IDEA! SL has inherited a ranch from his estranged relative and has absolutely no idea what to do with it OR how to tend to horses. include as many characters as you please >:)

Alright for this AU ask we're having a songxiao Hallmark movie because I've never actually done something like that before

Song Lan is a lawyer at a big city, high power law firm. He went into law hoping to further efforts for climate justice, conservation, etc., before repeatedly finding that most environmental law positions are about helping big actors find loopholes in environmental policy to keep getting away with things. So now he's in, like. Contract law, and it's fine, but not something he's very passionate about, and the firm he's at keeps him too busy to think too hard about it.

He inherits this ranch from some distant, distant relative he's never heard of? Song Lan thinks it's a scam at first, but the paperwork all looks legit. He's friends with Lan Xichen (from college, now a music professor) who tells him to take a much needed break after this most recent big case and check it out. Recurrent minor role as the supportive friend from home who encourages the main character to go out and live a little.

White Snow Ranch is a small operation in a space that once housed a much larger business. Luo Qingyang is the foreman who keeps things running, and she lives on site with her family. Xue Yang is an unreliable stablehand who hasn't been fired yet because he's got such a knack for fixing the machinery around the ranch. He has a side gig that pays him way more per hour doing survey work for Jin Oil, who have been trying to buy up land in the area.

White Snow has a handful of horses at any given time, breeding and selling to local buyers. Some of the other space in the stables gets rented for people to board their own horses. A-Qing is one such boarder. She's a teenage girl who wants to Win The Rodeo This Year. She's the one who does the most to teach city slicker Song Lan how to ride and laughs at him a lot.

Her older brother, Xiao Xingchen, is the kind and attractive large animal vet who makes calls to farms and ranches across the county. He's an environmental activist on the side. He's a pest to the oil companies and corporate farms that keep snatching up land in the area, and the office of Jin Oil's CEO have multiple numbers from him blocked. Romance arc naturally commences.

Song Lan is getting pressured to sell the ranch from pretty much the moment he arrives. Instead of folding (because what is he going to do with a ranch), he (with Xingchen's help) talks to the locals and looks into the sales of land to Jin Oil. And what do you know, the company has been doing subtle but illegal things with their contracts that have been shorting the landowners. Through Hallmark magic, they can press charges, beat the company, and get some kind of a win for he locals in about a month with no retaliation. Because love, hard work, and justice always win, forever (i.e., the 90-minute run time)

Seventh point because I've already accidentally gone over and that's that Song Lan transfers ownership of the ranch to Mianmian, since practically, this is already her gig, which gives her more freedom to make some more radical business decisions and rejuvenate White Snow. They start raising bison in addition to horses as a species restoration effort, for one thing. Maybe they use some of the space for solar panels or wind turbines as a clean energy thing, and maybe Xue Yang keeps that running smoothly. Song Lan keeps doing law stuff with a more environmental justice lean and he and Xiao Xingchen move in together. A-Qing achieves her rodeo dreams. Happily ever after, roll credits

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Collective effort monitors Amazon wildlife in heavily logged Brazil state

Indigenous communities, the government and civil society organizations are working to identify the status and whereabouts of animals in one of the most deforested states of the Brazilian Amazon.

Devastated by the expansion of cattle ranching and soy farming, Rondônia has seen changes in the composition of its fauna due to alterations in the landscape.

The initiatives for surveying and monitoring Rondônia’s fauna are being carried out in conservation units, Indigenous territories and restored forest areas on private lands; the goal is to guide conservation policies.

Continue reading.

[plethoraworldatlas]

Critics of factory farming renewed demands for U.S. policy reforms on Tuesday in response to new federal data on the nation's agricultural activity, which is released every five years.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) put out its report about the 1.9 million farms and ranches that collectively spanned more than 880 million acres as of 2022—a loss of nearly 142,000 operations and over 20 million acres since 2017. The document features state tallies and other details including inventory and values for crops and livestock.

"The USDA's new data show that without policy changes, factory farms will continue to get bigger and bigger, wreaking havoc on public health, the environment, and the climate," warned Environmental Working Group (EWG) Midwest director Anne Schechinger.

...

Food & Water Watch (FWW), which also analyzed the new government data, found that "there are currently 1.7 billion animals raised on U.S. factory farms every year; an increase of 6% since 2017, 47% more than roughly 20 years ago in 2002.

"The group emphasized that "as factory farms take over, the number of small dairies raising animals outside the factory farm system plummeted, with barely one-third as many today compared to 20 years ago."

[letsgethaunted]

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[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

 In a development that should give hope to all Americans, a group of Montana youth secured a court victory that invalidated a state law prohibiting the consideration of climate effects in the approval process for new energy projects. The victory is a watershed moment, even though the ruling is narrow. The Montana constitution guarantees its citizens the right to a “clean and healthful environment.” Prohibiting the consideration of climate effects of new energy projects is plainly antagonistic to that guarantee. A state court judge correctly granted judgment in favor of the young people of Montana. See Washington Post, Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision.

          The decision faces ongoing opposition from Montana’s attorney general, who called the decision “absurd” and promised an appeal that will end up in the Montana Supreme Court. No matter. The dam has broken and the victory by sixteen young citizens of Montana will inspire hundreds (or thousands) of additional suits. Some of those suits will succeed, encouraging more such suits. Fossil fuel lobbyists have ruled supreme in state legislatures for more than a century. The victory today is a very small step forward, but it is significant, nonetheless. It is particularly impactful because the plaintiffs were youths ranging in age from 5 to 22 years old.

          The Montana litigation is part of a global litigation strategy to challenge climate change. The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School has published a report on climate change litigation across the world.  See Global Climate  Litigation Report | 2023 Review. Amidst the noise of the Trump indictment watch, good things are happening in the background.

[Robert B. Hubbell newsletter]

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In 1972, after a century of mining, ranching, and farming had taken a toll on Montana, voters in that state added to their constitution an amendment saying that “[t]he state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations,” and that the state legislature must make rules to prevent the degradation of the environment. 

In March 2020 the nonprofit public interest law firm Our Children’s Trust filed a lawsuit on behalf of sixteen young Montana residents, arguing that the state’s support for coal, oil, and gas violated their constitutional rights because it created the pollution fueling climate change, thus depriving them of their right to a healthy environment. They pointed to a Montana law forbidding the state and its agents from taking the impact of greenhouse gas emissions or climate change into consideration in their environmental reviews, as well as the state’s fossil fuel–based state energy policy. 

That lawsuit is named Held v. Montana after the oldest plaintiff, Rikki Held, whose family’s 7,000-acre ranch was threatened by a dwindling water supply, and both the state and a number of officers of Montana. The state of Montana contested the lawsuit by denying that the burning of fossil fuels causes climate change—despite the scientific consensus that it does—and denied that Montana has experienced changing weather patterns. Through a spokesperson, the governor said: “We must focus on American innovation and ingenuity, not costly, expansive government mandates, to address our changing climate.”

Today, U.S. District Court Judge Kathy Seeley found for the young Montana residents, agreeing that they have “experienced past and ongoing injuries resulting from the State’s failure to consider [greenhouse gas emissions] and climate change, including injuries to their physical and mental health, homes and property, recreational, spiritual, and aesthetic interests, tribal and cultural traditions, economic security, and happiness.” She found that their “injuries will grow increasingly severe and irreversible without science-based actions to address climate change.”  

The plaintiffs sought an acknowledgement of the relationship of fossil fuels to climate change and a declaration that the state’s support for fossil fuel industries is unconstitutional. Such a declaration would create a foundation for other lawsuits in other states. 

[Heather Cox Richardson :: Letters From An American]

[ao3feed-destiel-02]

Swap My Life

Swap My Life https://ift.tt/3vuGfY8 by subzeroflame1216 This Week on Swap My Life! The Winchesters are a fun loving, horse ranch owning, country living family in Texas. With three kids, two huskies, a German Shepard, among others, the ranch is a busy place. Hard work is important but their kids have the run of the ranch because kids should be kids as long as they can be. Dean works long hours leaving his wife Lisa to manage the house and kids alone. Their open door policy leaves them with a revolving door of visitors popping in and out throughout the day, not always at the best times for Lisa. The Winchesters are swapping with The Novaks. Castiel and Hannah started their tech company right out of college, building it into the most formidable force in the industry to date. The Novaks employ a team, overseen by Hannah, to help them keep everything running smoothly including a family stylist and personal chef. Their six year old twins, Jack and Claire, spend days with the nanny as well as a STEM tutor Hannah had picked out since their first ultrasound! Their housekeepers keep their Chicago loft sparkling, just like Hannah prefers for it to be. Will this end in a disaster or will both families come away from this experience with more than they ever could have hoped for? Words: 11517, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M, M/M Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Sam Winchester, Eileen Leahy, Mary Winchester, Lisa Braeden, Emma (Supernatural: Slice Girls), Ben Braeden, Jack Kline, Claire Novak, Bobby Singer (Supernatural), Ellen Harvelle, Jo Harvelle, John Winchester, Charlie Bradbury, Bobby John (Supernatural: Two and a Half Men) Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Reality TV, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Closeted Castiel (Supernatural), Openly Bisexual Dean Winchester, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Feels, Minor Castiel/Hannah (Supernatural), Minor Lisa Braeden/Dean Winchester, Getting to Know Each Other, Pining, Mutual Pining, Falling In Love, Family Drama, Family Dynamics, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Castiel and Dean Winchester Being Idiots, Castiel and Dean Winchester Need to Use Their Words, Happy Ending, Horse Ranch Owner Dean, CEO Castiel (Supernatural), Alternate Universe - Farm/Ranch via AO3 works tagged 'Castiel/Dean Winchester' https://ift.tt/wM2jnVE February 09, 2024 at 09:07PM

[saga-news-and-fandom]

People often interact with social, philosophical, or abstract concepts in a personal or visceral mindset. For example, reacting to a discussion about improving the biosphere through reduction of meat animal production as though it's improving my health by eating less meat.

But people react negatively to taking away something they enjoy.

In visceral, personal situations - let's switch to reducing sugar intake - reasonable arguments don't tend to encourage improved behavior, even with well thought out plans on how to improve.

But explaining that to improve a person's health there are recipes for really wonderful vegetables and that getting more of these will crowd out the bad impact things, (you'll be too full from balsamic charred broccoli and molé barbecue beans to crave chocolate cake) suddenly the visceral response is working towards the goal.

Back to policy: society, broadly speaking, will continue to respond negatively to conditions of removal of deleterious conditions. Instead, promotion of improved conditions can decrease demand for the undesirable ones, and a multi-pronged approach can succeed.

Slowly reduce subsidies for large scale, corporate animal meat production and divert those funds to subsidies for vegetarian alternatives.

Fund methods of popularizing satisfying and more ecologically sustainable foods, affecting advertising, entertainment, the restaurant industry, and especially prices in the supermarket.

Research and support sustainable practices in farming and ranching so that it ceases to be profitable to use the worst practices, and meat becomes an attainable luxury instead of a desirable staple.

And remember to have some compassion for impoverished people who have food restrictions to wheat, soy, flax, many grains and half of the "superfoods" out there who still deserve to thrive even as society at large is forced to make a shift.

Oh and remember that shareholders and CEOs are always going to resist these kinds of changes and put your anger where it belongs.

discussions about sustainability largely have to be in the realm of production, not consumption. while curbing wasteful consumption habits is important, issues of unsustainable goods can only be solved by literally producing less of them. this approach immediately resolves most issues with individualist, moral 'consumer activism' - for instance, it doesn't matter if you personally eat meat or not, but, factually, we need to significantly reduce the size of the animal agriculture industry if we want the earth to remain habitable. whenever you discuss this, a million scratched satisfascists start acting as though we intend to just take away their treats and replace them with nothing - as if the removal of personal automobiles doesn't go hand in hand with the redesigning of cities around walking and public transit, as if the removal of one method of production doesn't mean its replacement by another. the two main errors here, of the treatlerites, and of those who forget that socialism is supported by the people only because it improves their real conditions, should both be avoided.

[huaqiangmachines]

The benefits of investing in an organic fertilizer production line for cow dung waste

Investing in a dedicated cow dung organic fertilizer production line isn’t just the key to solving an environmental challenge. It transforms a troublesome waste product into highly sought-after commercial organic fertilizer, delivering a triple win: environmental, economic, and social benefits.

Creating Economic Value

1.Lower Farming Costs:Using self-produced organic fertilizer on the ranch’s own fields, pastures, or feed crops significantly cuts down on chemical fertilizer purchases. It improves soil health, boosts crop yield and quality, creates a “crop-livestock integration” circular farming system, and enhances the overall competitiveness of the operation.

2.Diversify Income Streams:Beyond selling the finished organic fertilizer, you can also explore niche markets like custom blends, functional bio-organic fertilizers, and horticultural fertilizers to command higher prices.

Large-Scale Processing Power

1.High Daily Capacity:Modern production lines can easily handle dozens to hundreds of tons of fresh manure daily, far surpassing traditional composting methods. This meets the concentrated, massive manure treatment needs of large cattle farms.

2.Slash Labor Costs:Automation and machinery (like solid-liquid separators, turners,fertilizer granulators, and bagging machines) replace over 90% of strenuous manual labor, drastically reducing reliance on manpower and management costs.

High-Quality Fertilizer

1.Thorough Sanitization:High-temperature aerobic fermentation (65-75°C) kills off pathogens, parasite eggs, and weed seeds, ensuring the fertilizer is safe to use.

2.Nutrient Activation and Preservation:Scientific processes minimize the loss of nutrients like nitrogen. The fertilizer is rich in organic matter, humic acid, and trace elements, significantly improving soil structure, boosting water and nutrient retention, and stimulating crop growth.

Setting up a cow dung organic fertilizer production line requires an initial investment mainly in equipment and facilities. Combined with the stable growth of the organic fertilizer market and strong policy support, this represents a smart investment choice – one that offers both social value and economic resilience.

[tesla-properties]

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[darth-puma-vader]

The Trump administration, focused on delivering economic growth and food production in the U.S., is attracting the opposition of zealots and degrowth monied interests alike. 

To wit; two radically authoritarian ballot measures - which have the support of initiatives and frameworks of International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) - ask Colorado and Oregon voters to give up the family dog and hand over their private property rights in what some have called "the end of farming and ranching" in the Mile High state.

Colorado

The first measure, Colorado ballot initiative 2025-2026#82, reads like a dictator's manifesto - and is essentially a carbon copy of the CCP-backed Convention on Biological Diversity's wildlands project.

The eight-page "Colorado Wildlife and Biodiversity Protection Act" seeks to create the Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation Commission (WECC). 

Astonishingly, the WECC would consist of nine appointed members, with the petition strictly stipulating that no member can have any financial ties to agriculture, energy, or development. The petition then goes on to (laughably) assert that these supposed "elite" members - without "financial ties" - will be appointed by universities, environmental groups, and policy institutes. Naturally,  this commission will have total control over agriculture, energy, and all future development in Colorado. 

Deal with the Devil

But, have no fear landowners, the petition miraculously provides 25-50% tax abatement for those willing to hand over 49-100% of their private lands as designated wildlands…in perpetuity. 

Given the sheer naivete, and the multitudes of legal errors made by petitioners Jessica Presso and Cameron Porter, most would rightly assume the petition would be dead on arrival. Not so fast.

Within days, the Colorado Legislative Council Staff and Office of Legislative Legal Services sent Presso and Porter a nineteen-page how-to guide, effectively giving free legal advice by outlining the requirements for a final draft. 

Oregon

Leading up to the 2022 election in Oregon, a similarly wonky Initiative Petition 13 was introduced to make raising, riding, eating or owning domestic livestock illegal. Similarly, the state donated resources to the petitioners by sending back a lengthy how-to guide. 

After significant tweaks, that Initiative Petition is back as IP28 and greenlit for signature collection ahead of the 2026 election. In addition to making it illegal to own companion animals such as dogs or cats, the IP would make it illegal to render animals for meat in the State of Oregon. 

While some might be quick to dismiss the actions of a few, seemingly lone environmental zealots, others cite bigger-picture concerns for connections to IGOs and dark money influence.

Last month, when the Trump administration delivered a long-awaited reform to the Endangered Species Act, monied interests immediately lashed out with threats. 

Trump is trying to drive a knife through the heart of the Endangered Species Act. This will absolutely upend how we've been protecting endangered species for the last 40-plus years," said Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity, which makes its money by suing states and the federal government.

"The Center for Biological Diversity will no doubt join other groups in challenging the rule change in federal court," Greenwald added. 

Yet by narrowly redefining "harm" as an illegal taking—such as removing or poaching—the Trump administration is attempting to rectify decades of federal overreach that have resulted in the loss of grazing rights on privately owned lands and the lowest cattle volumes in 70 years. 

While America's farmers and ranchers are no strangers to authoritarian land grabs, many are now urging voters to take these state-level initiatives seriously as they're not only aligned with the degrowth agendas of foreign-backed IGOs but would also supplant private property rights with eco-fascism.

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Ask a Scientist: Stopping Big Ag from Hijacking US Farm and Food Policy - Union of Concerned Scientists

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The requirements for this eating project was making a detailed food diary in which I would record my meals, their origins, ingredients, preparation and environment in which the food is consumed. The diary outlines my trends in my eating behavior, from which a discussion is to incorporate the environment from which the food is consumed. Monday Meal Breakfast: A cup of Kellogg’s Raisin Bran A glass of milk 1 fried egg Snack: KC Bar (Strawberries & Cream) (2 Oz./ 60 g) Lunch: Chicken McNuggets McCafé Strawberry Shake (Medium) Dinner: Premium Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken Fruit N Yogurt Parfait Ingredients Whole grain wheat, rice, sugar, raisins, wheat bran, brown sugar syrup, almonds, glycerin, contains 2% or less of dextrose, salt, malt flavoring, cinnamon, honey, BHT for freshness. Protein Blend (Milk protein concentrate, partially hydrolyzed milk protein isolate), Isomaltooliogosaccharides (dietary fiber), Roasted Almonds, Vegetable Glycerin, water, Dried strawberries, Natural Flavors, Salt, Sunflower Lecithin, Stevia Wheat. Chicken McNuggets (4 pieces) Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream, Strawberry Shake Syrup, Whipped Cream, Maraschino Cherry Grilled chicken fillet, salad blend, southwest vegetable blend, cilantro lime glaze, shredded cheddar/jack cheese, chili lime Tortilla strips, lime Low-fat Yogurt (For Parfaits), Strawberries, Blueberries (For Parfait), Low Fat Crunchy Granola Setting Home School halls McDonalds McDonalds Source Supermarket (milk and egg, organic from free range farms) Bought online The outlet sources the products from the farmers, independent suppliers, and farmers market The outlet sources the products from the farmers, independent suppliers, and farmers market Companions Siblings None Classmates Classmates Origin Kellogg’s industries Local free range farms Kill Cliff Industries McDonalds (fresh produce from the market) McDonalds (fresh produce from the market) Preparation Mixed cereals in warm milk Shallow fried the egg None required Prepared by the outlet’s staff: Washed, cut, fried, mixed, packed, and more. Prepared by the outlet’s staff: Washed, cut, fried, mixed, packed, and more. Reactions The supermarket attendant informed me that the milk and eggs were delivered by a local farmer on everyday basis (0600 HRS), which I confirmed the following morning. Enquired about the energy bar’ ingredient sourcing and was referred to the website. Indicated it was the businesses policy to ensure its supplies are fresh and organic Indicated it was the businesses policy to ensure its supplies are fresh and organic Tuesday Meal Breakfast: Fruit & Maple Oatmeal Snack: KC Bar (Strawberries & Cream) (2 Oz./ 60 g) Lunch: Salad Blend A glass of water Dinner: BBQ Ranch Burger: Fruit N Yogurt Parfait Ingredients Oatmeal, Diced Apples, Cranberry Raisin Blend, Light Cream Protein Blend (Milk protein concentrate, partially hydrolyzed milk protein isolate), Isomaltooliogosaccharides (dietary fiber), Roasted Almonds, Vegetable Glycerin, water, Dried strawberries, Natural Flavors, Salt, Sunflower Lecithin, Stevia Iceberg Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce, Spring Mix (May Contain Baby Red Romaine, Baby Green Romaine, Baby Red Leaf, Baby Green Leaf, Baby Red Swiss Chard, Baby Red Oak, Baby Green Oak, Parella, Lolla Rosa, Tango, Totsoi, Arugula, Mizuna, Radicchio, Frisee), Carrots Regular Bun, 100% Beef Patty, Pasteurized Process White Cheddar Cheese, Bbq Ranch Sauce, Chili Lime Tortilla Strips Low-fat Yogurt (For Parfaits), Strawberries, Blueberries (For Parfait), Low Fat Crunchy Granola Setting McDonalds School halls McDonalds McDonalds Source The outlet sources the products from the farmers, independent suppliers, and farmers market Bought online Read the full article