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‘The Food Dialogues’ is latest effort to reach consumers
Animal welfare, GMOs, food prices—those were just a few of the topics covered in Thursday’s nationwide Food Dialogues event, hosted by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance.
At a Food Dialogue viewing session in Lincoln, Nebraska, farmer Dawn Caldwell of Edgar said the questions being asked by consumers were similar to the ones she hears in her role as a Common Ground volunteer spokesperson.
“Some of the questions are very similar—and I just blogged this week, in fact, about GMOs. In almost every (Common Ground) session I’ve done, that’s the one common thread that comes up,” says Caldwell, “and I never thought that much about it, I guess, because I really like putting less chemicals on the ground as a farmer. However, people have some misconception, some ugly picture in their mind, about what a trait may be.”
AUDIO: Dawn Caldwell (2:40 MP3)
Another Nebraska Common Ground volunteer—Leslie Boswell of Shickley—says she welcomes the opportunity to discuss the reasons behind animal confinement—and to explain the difference between animal protection and animal abuse.
AUDIO: Leslie Boswell (3:10 MP3)
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