All Milk in Stores is Antibiotic Free

Something everybody should read.

When you hear those commercials touting "antibiotic-free milk," don't be fooled. 

Go to http://www.hoards.com/Intel/160307_art1 to see the story.

Wendy's Addresses Antibiotic Use in Beef Production

A good read.

Check it out at http://beefmagazine.com/blog/wendy-s-addresses-antibiotic-use-beef-production

Animals Used for Meat Don't Have Antibiotics in Them

Read this story from Food Insight to see that it is all marketing hype when a company comes out stating "we are no longer going to use animals treated with antibiotics" at our restaurants or stores.

Go to http://www.foodinsight.org/human-animal-antibiotics-food-safety#sthash.XYLisvow.wSWC50vF.dpbs to check out the story.

Blogger Takes on Chipotle Hypocrisy

A good read -- http://buzzardsbeat.blogspot.com/2015/07/chipotle-where-guac-and-hypocrisy-cost.html?m=1

Seems Chipotle is at it again.

Canadian Website Writes About Panera Bread Controversy

Go to http://www.realagriculture.com/2013/07/panera-bread-takes-cheap-shot-at-farmers-gets-twitter-spanked/ to see what our neighbors to the North are saying.

Twitter Still on Fire with Anti-Panera Bread Controversy

OMG! 

Got on Twitter Sunday afternoon after being away for a day and 19 of 50 of the first tweets I see are on the Panera Bread controversy.

Here are some of the tweets:

Ashley Knapton: Anyone else wish they could see the look on the @panerabread's PR's face when they get to work on Monday? #pluckezchicken

Andrew Goodrich: @panerabread 6 am on a Sunday morning and I'm checking withdrawals on fat cattle. Man I feel lazy. #pluckezchicken

Shannon: #PluckEZChicken At the farmers market this morning and those lazy farmers were there and set up by 8am. The nerve!

Dianne Bettin: Panera Bread - don't use fear to sell food! #pluckezchicken

Here is a response from Panera Bread as posted by AgWired:

Go to http://agwired.com/2013/07/26/panera-breads-lazy-response-to-offensive-promotional-campaign/ to check it out. 

And here are some of Panera Bread's tweets:

@VLynnVLV Sorry if you were offended by our EZ Chicken posts, Valerie. We truly appreciate entire farming community & all their hard work.

@MrsZookeeper We never intended to insult anyone with our EZ Chicken posts, especially farmers. We truly appreciate all their hard work.

Go to http://dairycarrie.com/2013/07/23/dear-panera-bread-company/ on Dairy Carrie's blog to see how the whole controversy began.

Read more about the issue by going to Twitter and searching @EZChicken or #pluckEZchicken.

Twitter, Blog-O-Sphere Ablaze with Attacks on Panera Bread

Some folks on Twitter and on blogs and other places on the Internet are taking Panera Bread to task for what they call an attack on farmers and ranchers for their use of antibiotics in animals.

See what Panera is http://www.panerabread.com/liveconsciouslyeatdeliciously/#!articles/antibiotic_free_answers saying by going to this link.

Read what Carrie Mess, a dairy blogger (Dairy Carrie) from Wisconsin thinks about this issue by http://dairycarrie.com/2013/07/23/dear-panera-bread-company/ going to this link.

Organic Standards Board Rejects Effort to Continue Antibiotic Use on Apples, Pears

Go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/organic-standards-board-rejects-effort-to-continue-antibiotic-use-on-apples-pears/2013/04/12/3e6ed124-a394-11e2-bd52-614156372695_story.html to read the story.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Discusses Antibiotic Use In Food on Momsrising.org Blog

Go to http://www.momsrising.org/blog/antimicrobial-drug-resistance-is-something-we-can-not-afford-to-ignore/ to see what New York's junior senator is saying about antibiotics in food.