“Countless birds crammed into filthy, windowless sheds and forced to live for weeks in their own waste and toxic ammonia fumes ….” This appears in a statement from the group Mercy for Animals following an undercover investigation of a Tyson…
Years in the show ring prepare MU student for challenges ahead
When Jenni Nicole Trentmann decided she wanted to be in the Child Life Specialist program at the University of Missouri in 2014, she didn’t realize the struggles she would endure. Luckily, years spent showing pigs and participating in 4-H helped…
Mizzou Botanic Garden spans entire campus thanks to alumni support
The University of Missouri is home to a botanical garden stretching throughout a campus of more than 30,000 students. The botanical garden has 11 thematic gardens and seven special gardens around campus, which include areas such as the Tiger Plaza…
CP editorial: Why the story of agriculture needs to be told
Everyone should have a passion, E.M. Tiffany’s was believing in the future of agriculture, Norman Borlaug’s was developing high yield varieties and John Deere’s was making plows. What is my passion? When recently asked to answer this question, I turned…
CP editorial: The puppy problem
Puppies. Just the word brings a smile to most faces. Tiny paws, wagging tails and cute little howls. Fuzzy bundles of fur nuzzling their mamma. The last thing we want to think about is the likliehood that a furry bundle…
Unclear labeling causes confusion: GMO free, organic and all natural … oh my!
Over the past 10 years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of consumers preferring organic foods and foods free of genetically modified organisms. While both labels appear to present a similar message, the United States Food and…