Showcasing Agriculture Charities This Holiday Season

Nov 28, 2012

Farms.com Encourages You to Share What Ag Charities Are Important to You

At Farms.com we know that those who work in agriculture are a generous group of people. Perhaps it’s because when you make a living that is dependent on Mother Nature’s cooperation, you recognize the importance of community combined with hard work.

During this holiday season, Farms.com would like to recognize the importance of both agriculture and charities. So we want your input. What agriculture and farming charities do you support? We will try to feature a different farming-related charity each day as we countdown to the holidays.

If you know of a charity organization that you think should be featured as part of this series, please contact Denise Faguy - send email to denise.faguy@farms.com, with the subject line Charities. Please share with us what this charity does and why you support the charity. All we ask is that it be related somehow to agriculture.

It doesn’t matter if the charity has a small local scope, or is international. The purpose of this series is to bring exposure to agriculture charities that are making a difference.

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.