Is Meat Really the Villain?

It seems a day does not go by without someone spouting a malicious diatribe against all things beef.  What is really getting cattle ranchers like myself in an uproar is that most of the rhetoric is simply FALSE!

Be very careful what you wish for because a good majority of the farmers and ranchers in this country are 60 years old or older and they are getting very tired of being the punching bags for a society that is set on destroying the American way of life.  The business of raising food does not make us rich.  It is a hard life but the reward at the end of the day is knowing that we are feeding our brothers and sisters.  A honest days work and our love of the land and stewardship of it is what motivates us, but if we are continually blamed for problems that we are not really creating the day will come when we will all just throw up our hands.

It is not easy to be a farmer or rancher in this country even when things are going well, it is becoming impossible in a world that is set to place unwarranted blame on a small sector of the population that is responsible for feeding all of us.  2% of the population is responsible for feeding the other 98%.  What is going to happen when you destroy us?  We will be fine but I doubt the 98% will be.

My point is look beyond the hype that is motivated to sell a viewing audience on their own agenda.  Get your own answers and if you can't find them ask us!  Don't stand by and soak up all the misinformation like a sponge.  After a while a wet sponge really stinks.  Be strong and choose your own path.

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