Corn, Livestock, Protein Connection Critical Knowledge
Posted: December 1, 2010
In this season of thankfulness and joy why not make sure that family farmers and ranchers make it on your Christmas list. They don’t want much; just a little appreciation for all they do to put clothes on your back, fuel in your car and food on your plate to nourish your body.
It all starts with knowledge because once the average American understands the business of farming better and has a better handle on how essential this industry of independent entrepreneurs is to us all then the thankfulness comes naturally.
And that’s what the National Corn Growers Association’s Holiday Viral Email campaign is about. The idea is to take one small part of agriculture and connect the dots. In this case the focus is on showing the important role corn and distillers grains from ethanol production to raising all kinds of livestock and related products and converting it to critical protein to keep us healthy and vital.
Attached to this blog is the second email in the series which showcases beef. The first message featured a turkey and went out the week of Thanksgiving. Chicken, pork and dairy are yet to come. You can view them all at the link above.
The idea of a viral email is simple; it starts with one person sending it to 10 people and asking them to send it to their friends, family, and business associates via email, facebook etc… This seemingly simple concept can result in thousands of people getting a positive message about our largest and most important industry.
I would appreciate your help in disseminating this to the widest possible audience. The entire image is clickable and goes to a backgrounder online related to the importance protein.
It’s easy…..just go to What Does Protein Do. At the bottom of the page you will find all of the images. Pick one and cut and paste it into an email along with a message asking your friends to pass it on. Come back each week between now and Christmas and send another one. The turkey is fair game again if you haven’t already sent it and you get bonus points for sending to non-Aggies.
Maureen Kristofzski Said,
December 2, 2010 @ 7:31 pm
12/02/10
Dear Sirs: Although you may pride yourself that corn is indeed a leading industry leader I have other definite opinions regarding it. You see, I have a daughter who suffers severely daily because of her allergy to corn. Corn is now in soaps, deodorants, shampoos, IV sucrose and so many foods, drinks and other products. My daughter cannot even be around the smell of corn or her throat will start to close and she can’t breath!
Something that she used to really love was going out for lunch or dinner, but now that has all changed. Even when we have specifically asked the personell in restaurants sometimes it has been in her food so now that pleasure can’t be enjoyed. Going to the movies? Well that’s out, also! She is only 22, but the effects of this industry leader are just plain devastating and deadly for her!
By the way, in Canada, they use sugar as fillers rather than corn and my daughter could buy and eat anything she wanted to at the stores. She could also eat out at any restaurant. To this day I still can’t figure out why we as Americans continue to support corn being in so many products and the only thing I will support is it being in Ethanol. At least my daughter won’t aspirate from that and it will provide a much needed resource for our growing economy!
Thank-you for letting me voice a very sincere concern for how much our Americans need to use corn. I hope that you will think about people like my daughter on your mission with corn and protein. Know that corn in the United States is the 2nd leading allergy and growing numbers of children are being diagnosed with this allergy daily.
Sincerely,
Maureen
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