How many know?

[jayh]

After reading Glenn's Walmart thread it got me thinking.

I was ( in the city ) as I call it and just watched people. How many of these kids know or even care where this meat and milk and so on come from. they think it just comes off the shelf at store and they buy it. I realize there are a handful that do get it but most don't. After the recent shootings near us and the gang related stabbings near us I cant help but think America is on the edge of self destruction.

Then u add the economy to all that and its like who do we have running this country.

Some of you will think I am wrong but I know that 25 yrs ago we didn't have the gangs and all that close here. It was all news that has carried the trouble here. It took awhile and that's not the only factor but its close to home now. I am glad I have an escape from the city. And glad to be raising cows.

I really think we all need to THINK and VOTE. don't know if it will help but it cant hurt. ( Or can it )

[tartancowgirl]

I suspect a high percentage of city kids have no idea where their food comes from - certainly true in UK. Someone told me that in a recent survey a lot of people thought that cows hibernated!

[btlrupert]

Walmart in South Carolina equals sloppy lazy people wearing bed room shoes and pajamas at 3 in the darn afternoon!! I don't think I have been in one for 4 or 5 years. Last time I was in one my wife said " if you would shut up , I will never bring you here again, if you don't ,we are going to jail"!! Hate the place and will never go back. Reminded me of the " walking dead"! Most of the people I saw could not think where their next dollar was coming from, much less where their food comes from! SAD BUT TRUE HERE!

[postoak1]

Jan 27, 2015 11:23:15 GMT -6 tartancowgirl said:

Someone told me that in a recent survey a lot of people thought that cows hibernated!

I wish that my cows would go into hibernation for the winter after I weaned the calves off in November . Imagine the money that I could save on hay.

[Deleted]

Our "Iowa Nice Guy" just released a pretty good video the other day about this actually. Video linked below, he also has some other pretty good bits on his channel too that are non-ag related if you want some good laughs too

[strojanherefords]

The real problem that we face is not the ignorant public but those activist who act as though they care more than anyone else about the environment.  The truth is these activists care more about getting credit for saving the planet by eating organic food while ignoring all the good than is happening outside plane windows.  They evangelize their message by leveraging misconceptions the general public has about nature. A few of these misconceptions are:

• Nature is in a state of perfection.  Much of environmentalism is based on the idea that nature would be in a state of perfection if only we did not interfere. Darwinism teaches that species are locked in a never ending arms race with each other.  Concurrently the Bible teaches that the world is fallen from perfection.  It is important to recognize that nature in its basic state is degrading as it is also adapting. 
  
• Animals are people, too.  Many people use animals as surrogates for their fellow man and go on to incorrectly view animals as possessing person hood.  The truth is that beasts are only motivated by primal desires. The concept of caring about the welfare of what we eat is a trait that we share with no other creation.  Most of the practices that animal rights activists complain about are done for the purpose of protecting animals from bringing harm themselves. 
  
• If we harvest anything  then we risk losing everything.  When I took college biology we had an environmental poster product, where each member of  the class had to make a presentation and face questions from the class about an environmental topic.  Aside from the presenters having a general lack of knowledge about their  chosen subjects,  most presenters did not understand  the difference between harvesting and partial extermination.  In other  words, they thought that if you had a herd of 100 Atlas Deer on your place and you shot twenty five a year then in four years that population of Atlas Deer would be extinct.  However as farmers and ranchers we know that without some population control the resources will be expended and a Malthusian decline will occur.  This is particularly true for apex predators because when they become over populated then not only do they suffer but the prey species are in peril as well. 
  

To conclude these are merely misunderstandings that a people have when they only know a little bit about where their food comes from.  Unfortunately most Ag in the Classroom programs lead to these stereotypes developing because they focus only on the happy parts of farming.  To correct these misconceptions,  I think we should put a pair of rabbits in every eight grade science class and let the pupils experience raising rabbits from breeding to birthing to hasenpfeffer at the end of the year.  Through the process the kids will understand that nature is more than an experience.