From agroterrorism and death threats to plant-based diets and greenhouse gas emissions, the 2018 Stakeholders Summit covered many ag issues.
Two expert panels will explore how the animal rights movement is impacting farmers, ranchers, and the agriculture industry at the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2018 Stakeholders Summit set for May 3-4 at the Renaissance Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Va. On the first panel, Jason Roesler, director of public affairs at Fur Commission USA, and Nicole […]
Purdue University’s Jayson Lusk will address the “Future of Consumer Choice” at this year’s Animal Agriculture Alliance 2018 Stakeholders Summit. Lusk will share his research findings on consumer beliefs, knowledge, and willingness-to-pay for specific attributes, such as cage-free eggs and slow-growth broilers at the Summit. The Animal Agricultural Alliance has announced early-registration rates for the […]
Spreading misinformation and wedging themselves between consumers and the animal agriculture community is common for animal rights groups to reach their goals, and college students are often a key target. That’s why the Animal Agriculture Alliance launched the College Aggies Online (CAO) scholarship program eight years ago as one way to help bridge the communication […]
We’ve all seen the animal rights activists’ attacks on social media. A dairy farmer posts a cute photo of a calf emerging from her hutch and animal rights activists are all over it like “white on rice,” telling everyone who will listen on social media the calf only has six weeks to live, is immobilized […]