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Gracie Weinzierl Pierson

Adventures in England

I’m nearing the end of my 10-day trip to England and I’ve learned a lot about the culture and history of the country during my brief stay. I’m working on…

14 Facts About Your Bacon

Scrolling through BuzzFeed last week, I happened across an article “14 Things You Need To Know About Your Bacon” (You can read it here). I opened it because, well- bacon.…

Warning: Ethanol Raises Gas Prices

Last night, I was beginning to wonder what I was going to blog about next as I try to get over my writer’s block this week, and I happened to catch…

Risky Business

It’s that time of year again! March 1st rolls around and everyone begins to think spring. We’re ready to see that snow melt, green grass pop up from the ground,…

My Beef with Chipotle

Chipotle makes delicious burritos, and I doubt that many will argue against that. But their marketing strategy is a little off. Is it effective for selling burritos? Yes, very effective.…

The 10 Best Things About Being a Farm Kid

Here’s 10 things that you’ve definitely experienced if you’re a farm kid: 10. The Stars.  You won’t appreciate how big the sky is or how many stars there are until you move…

Farmed and….Dangerous??

This month’s buzz in the agriculture industry has been about Chipotle’s new video series that has been launched on Hulu. This isn’t Chipotle’s first hit on the agriculture industry. Last…

Ethanol: The American Fuel

I wrote this editorial for my politics class tonight and figured I’d share. 🙂 You have heard of ethanol before, you have even used it regularly for the last several…

GMOs: From the Farm Kid’s Viewpoint

*Disclaimer: This is not a complete list of all of the arguments in favor of and against GMOs. I have several classes this semester that will be discussing this topic…