Beef Recall & Summit of the Horse

Beef Recall & Summit of the Horse

Beef Recall & Summit of the Horse plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.

The first ever Summit of the Horse event is taking place in Las Vegas this week. The summit brings people together who are concerned about the state of the horse industry - as well as the well being of horses, people and land. United Horsemen Vice President and Wyoming State Representative Sue Wallis says well-known and respected speakers are addressing key issues.

WALLIS: We’ve got some great people talking. Bob Abbey the Director of BLM is there. Dr Temple Grandin is going to be talking about what it takes to set the high standards for humane care of horses in all contexts.

First Class Foods is recalling almost 40-thousand pounds of beef suspected of being contaminated with the E. coli bacteria. It was discovered during a sampling test of the product. The ground beef is being recalled in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, California, Wisconsin, and Washington. The establishment number of the ground beef is “EST.18895” and they have been produced December 7 and December 16.

Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.

Top stories in 2010 read like a who’s who of bad news. The saying, “do you want the good news or the bad news first”, didn’t seem to apply last year. And yet, there was good news, we just didn’t hear much about it. One of the “good news” stories of last year concerned the many agriculture groups donating their time, as well as their product to help feed the needy. This past year western farmers and ranchers donated over 118 million pounds of food to food banks and non-profit organizations who work year round to feed the ever growing number of people who struggle daily to put food on their table. Farmers Ending Hunger, one of the many groups who help supply food to the hungry, started in Oregon after learning that that state lead the nation in hunger. One very important news worthy note most people don’t realize is that so many of these farmers have planted crops and raised food directly for hunger relief. This wasn’t food donated as an afterthought or left behind after harvesting. Hopefully, 2011 will see the number of hungry go down, but even if it doesn’t these generous farmers and ranchers will still be there, giving of themselves and the food they produce.

Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.

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