In 2014, I was fortunate to speak to Canadian cattle people at the International Livestock Congress in Calgary. I held up a new book, and suggested reading and digesting it, as it held the keys to rescuing our industry from the clutches of 50 years of erroneous dietary-health theory. The book, The Big Fat Surprise: […] Read more
Health battles heating up
Landmark antimicrobial study should redirect resistance hunt
I don’t know about Canada’s consumer and government agency attitudes, but down here in the States, steam has been building for decades to take antibiotics away from livestock producers, mainly because of resistance problems in the human population. There wasn’t any evidence that some sort of resistance could be passed from animal to human in […] Read more
Marketing misperceptions on food safety
“We’re totally willing to throw up a little,” one couple said, explaining to the Washington Post how they would never give up their every-week Chipotle habit. There was no chance Chipotle was going to get me. They got on my “Do Not Patronize” list when I realized years ago that they were leaders of the […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
