
I believe one of the best parts of living in America is that we have choices. We have the privilege of having lots of healthy choices when it comes to our food. I know that my family and other farm families across the nation do their best job to raise affordable, healthy and quality food for me and everyone.
So why stand up today. Well, I think farmers should talk about what we do on our farms everyday, but especially today, I challenge everyone to share their story of how we all play an important role in raising the safest food supply in the World. I'm doing this by writing this blog, as well as tweeting and facebooking about all the good work farmers are doing to create those food choices that I talked about before. If you tweet, please use the hashtag #FoodRevolution in your tweets about the good work farmers do to feed people. You can also follow the @FoodRev Twitter handle to monitor messaging and even chime in. On Facebook, you can visit the Food Revolution Community page and post your feedback and information there. You can also use your own personal pages to share information and insight.
To get you started, I thought I'd share a couple tweets I have scheduled for today:
- Today's American #farmer produces enough food in a year to feed 155 people, compared to just 46 in 1960. #FoodRevolution
- In 2012, 97% of US #farms are family owned and operated. #Food Revolution
- In less than a generation, world’s population will need 100% more food than grown today. #FoodRevolution
- Livestock get antibiotics, med treatment 2 prevent, treat disease, just like u & ur family. #FoodRevolution
- When the weather cooperates, #Iowa #farmers can plant over 1 million acres of #corn in 1 day. #FoodRevolution
- I’m an #IA #farmer & proudly eat the meat I raise on my farm. Mmm #Pork. #FoodRevolution
- I'm an #IA #farmer & am proud to raise #corn, #soybeans, #pigs and #kids. #FoodRevolution

My Farmer and I just finish hogs, so we are not apart of the phase of growth that involves gestation crates, but I was raised on a farrow to finish hog farm that did use gestation crates. Gestation stalls are a benefit to both the mother sow and baby piglets. The major benefit is that it creates a safe environment for both the sows and piglets.
So how can you get involved? Go to your local Domino's Pizza (which I am going to have to travel 33 miles to get to mine) and order a pizza for you and your family this weekend, May 18th-20th. When you pick-up your pizza, hand them a thank you note. If you are a farmer use this thank you note and if you are an ag supporter use this thank you note.
So enjoy some great pizza and say thank you to a company that supports agriculture and farm families!
Awesome farm facts! I'm gonna be learning a lot from you!
ReplyDeleteThanks - Happy to share the facts!
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