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Story:Jayson
Lusk Explores the "Carbon Costs" of Eating
Meat
Dr.
Jayson Lusk, Regents Professor and
Willard Sparks Endowed Chair in the Department of
Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State
University, uses a personal blog to discuss
contemporary food policy issues.
His
most recent Blog Post examines the anti meat slant
that the publication Scientific American has
taken. Dr. Lusk writes "Last week,
Scientific American published a piece on how to
get people to eat less meat. Apparently, the
science is settled and we now only need to come up
with the right "messages."
"There are
an awful lot of apocalyptic pronouncements about
the adverse effects of meat eating on the
environment. In a widely viewed TED talk,
Mark Bittman likens meat
production to a nuclear explosion and says it is
leading to a "holocaust of a different kind,"
pointing directly to impacts on climate change. As
another example, Bill Maher,
comedian and host of an HBO talk show, has
written, "But when it comes to bad for the
environment, nothing-literally-compares with
eating meat. . . . If you care about the planet,
it's actually better to eat a salad in a Hummer
than a cheeseburger in a
Prius." I could, quite literally,
provide dozens of these sorts of quotes from well
known journals, writers, actors, etc, but I think
you get the point. The overall message is pretty
clear: we should become increasingly more
vegetarian."
Dr. Lusk takes on one of the
most common anti meat rants- climate change- and
puts some numbers that could be called the "carbon
costs" of eating meat. Jayson walks us thru
the numbers- and you can see what he comes up with
by clicking here.
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The
House Appropriations Committee narrowly
passed an amendment Tuesday to prevent
the USDA from implementing a newly written GIPSA
(Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard
Administration) rule, which is designed to enhance
the negotiating power that contract
poultry growers have when negotiating
with poultry companies.
The full FY2017
Ag Appropriations package passed the Committee
later by voice
vote.
Organizations
such as American Farm
Bureau, National
Farmers Union and National
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition are
opposed to the amendment and are eager to see the
GIPSA rule implemented.
Other
industry associations like
the National Chicken
Council and the National Pork
Producers Council support the amendment
and the efforts of the House
Appropriations Committee to stop the
implementation of the GIPSA
rule.
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Governor
Mary Fallin Signs Cattle Theft Bill- Toughens
Penalties for Cattle
Rustling
The
following statement was released Tuesday afternoon
by Michael Kelsey, Executive Vice
President of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
regarding the signing into law by Governor
Mary Fallin HB
2504: "Late this afternoon Governor
Fallin signed into law HB 2504 which addresses
penalties regarding cattle theft. We are very
appreciative of the Governor signing this bill as
she recognizes the importance of helping cattle
producers protect their cattle. OCA would also
like to thank Representative John
Pfeiffer and Senator Ron
Justice for carrying the bill. We would
also like to thank the whole posse of senators and
representatives who signed onto the bill as
co-authors and voted for its passage. OCA
leadership selected addressing cattle theft as a
priority policy for 2016 therefore OCA will
continue to work on solutions to address this
important issue." The final language of
HB2504 is available
here. By the way- Michael Kelsey has a
good explanation of the new law- he offers it via
YouTube and you can take a look:
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Robb
Says Beef is Helping to Improve Retail and Food
Service Sectors
Jim
Robb, director of the Livestock Market
Information Center, says the retail beef business
was a bright spot in a somewhat dismal Advance
Monthly Retail Trade Report released April 13. The
U.S. Department of Commerce report provides a
broad economic view of retail and food service
companies.
The report is
used as a barometer of the overall economy, and
although several sectors have struggled recently,
the restaurant and foodservice sectors were up
nearly 5 percent from last year and grocery store
sales rose nearly 4
percent.
Robb says the
beef industry is gaining ground when it comes to
market share. According to USDA's recent beef
prices, "choice beef was actually down
year-over-year about $.09/lb but was up
month-to-month compared to
February."
"We start to
put the puzzle together in terms of the volume,
and it looks like some of the featuring and the
consumer interest is pretty good in the beef
complex, especially in the grocery store," Robb
says.
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EPA's
Inspector General Pledges to Review Anti Farmer
Campaign Paid for by EPA
Grant
U.S.
Sen.Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., Chairman of the
U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee, and U.S. Sen. Pat
Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S.
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Committee, released a statement Tuesday after
receiving a letter from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspector
general regarding the Agency's taxpayer funded,
anti-farmer campaign."It
is important that the EPA inspector general get to
the bottom of how taxpayer money was used to
criticize farmers and promote the agenda of
environmental activists," Sen. Inhofe said. "In a
hearing before the Environment and Public Works
Committee this morning, EPA Administrator Gina
McCarthy admitted that EPA has halted payments to
the grant organization due to the concerns the
inspector general will be investigating. That's an
important step, but EPA needs to prevent similar
mismanagement for occurring in the
future.""I am pleased the
EPA inspector general agrees that an investigation
into the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission's
questionable use of millions in taxpayer funded
grants for political purposes is warranted," Sen.
Roberts said. "In the days since Sen. Inhofe and I
called for an investigation, farmers and ranchers
have contacted my office to thank us for standing
up for them. We already know this campaign was
malicious. Now we need to know what role the EPA
had in it and whether they are properly monitoring
the lawful use of federal
funds."
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OSU
Names Plant Pathology and Food Safety Expert to
Head National Research and Investigative
Lab
Kitty
Cardwell was appointed as the new
director of the National Institute for Microbial
Forensics and Food and Agricultural Biosecurity at
Oklahoma State University.
Cardwell
comes to NIMFFAB after 15 years
as a national program leader and grants
administrator with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture-National Institute of Food and
Agriculture in Washington, D.C. She
succeeded Jacqueline Fletcher, the institute's
founder, March
14.Cardwell, an expert in
plant pathology and food safety, spent three years
working in her field of study as a Peace Corps
volunteer in Nicaragua and Colombia. After the
Peace Corps, she remained in South America eight
more years overseeing a large-scale rice farming
operation.
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Right
to Farm Getting Mentions on Facebook and Twitter-
Pro and Con
We
are starting to see some conversations popping up
on Social Media over State Question 777, the Right
to Farm Constitutional Amendment that will be
voted on this November by Oklahomans. It's
probably who has asked to be my friends on
Facebook- but I have seen mostly positive postings
about 777 on that social media platform. Here's
one that you will probably like- courtesy of
Jessica Wilcox:
"You wouldn't catch Wayne
Pacelle out here on a Saturday morning
trying to save a calfs life. Don't believe the out
of state propaganda. #YesOn777" (comes with this
picture)
Over on Twitter- things got
interesting yesterday as
@okiestotts posted a response to
an article that was recently posted by the Daily
Oklahoman on State Question 777- he points out
that the claims by those who oppose 777 that the
proposal will end any and all regulation of
agriculture in the state. @okiestotts
pointed out that federal law and rules supersede
anything that state lawmakers can do- and that
State Question 777 has nothing to do with ending
regulation of agriculture on issues of
environmental impact, pesticide use and other
areas that have federal oversight. You can read
his explanation by clicking
here.
Later there was a several tweet
long argument over what SQ777 does- the account
@VoteNoOn777 stated "In essence,
#SQ777
would put an end to any regulation of agricultural
methods" which got a string of back and
forth comments going- it so happened that
@okiestotts got in the middle of that one as well.
If you are a Twitter user- you can follow
the two campaigns- the Yes camp is led by
@YesOn777 and the No camp is the
user name I mentioned just above.
When
Oklahomans start paying attention in a few months-
it will really start to get hot and heavy- in the
meantime, it looks kinda like a sniper
campaign.
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