A letter from Will Harris was released On October 13, 2017 regarding an issue and threat to YOU, the American Grassfed Producer.  Below is an excerpt but PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE FULL LETTER.

"A movement has begun that could be economically devastating to those of us who produce grassfed beef in the United States, and will slow the important work we all do in creating regenerative landscapes and strengthening family farms. Although this letter only concerns itself with beef, the other species we represent may be affected in the coming years."

As the AMERICAN Grassfed Association, "We are vehemently opposed to cooperating with any international marketing scheme and stand by our core mission to support you, The American Grassfed Producer... O

ur point is that your competition is not the grassfed beef producer in the next county, or in the next state.  Our competitor is imported grassfed beef, and the American companies who want to help them deceive our customers. 

 

 We have always been and always will be the trade organization for the "Buy American Grassfed" campaign."

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What AGA Does For You

Not only is AGA the leading set of standards and certification for grassfed meat and dairy with endorsements from Mercola and the Organic Consumers Association, but we are also the only certification that ONLY supports USA farmers and ranchers.  We stand behind the local farms and ranchers that help to build rural economies, local communities, improve animal welfare, and regenerate the american lands and soil.  

AGA regularly meets with the USDA to fight for the rights and proper labeling claims for our producers - the ones that are truly doing grassfed right.  We team up with organizations such as the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) to help protect producers from unfair government practice and check-off programs.  We have a voice and we share that voice with you, our producers, to ensure your concerns are heard in government.

AGA also works closely with consumer groups, chefs, butchers, and schools.  We want to make sure that we are up-to-date on all of the latest information and that that information is shared with our producers.  We think it is important to be educated in every aspect of the industry to maximize marketability and success for our producers.

Finally, AGA works diligently to be in attendance at top industry conferences to represent the AGA producer and to educate others on the importance of standards and certification.  We work with the conference leaders of Shiftcon, SRM meeting, Slow Meat, Quivira, SRM, HMI events, Savory events, and more to market our producers.  We get your product and your name out across the country to get more exposure for your certified farms and ranches.

Our goal is to keep our producers at the top.  American Grassfed Association stands firmly for the American grassfed producer.

"The nonprofit Consumer Wellness Center has completed testing of eight popular bone broth and bone broth protein products to determine the possible presence of chemical pesticides, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, toxicological chemicals and food additive chemicals. No companies paid the CWC to be included or excluded from these tests. All products were purchased from Amazon.com in the year 2017.

Lot numbers of each product tested are included in the full results. No one involved in this testing has any financial stake in the success or failure of any bone broth product ... Chemical analytes were confirmed using five different scientific analysis methods. Those methods, encompassed in LC-MS-TOF analysis, include accurate mass, retention time, isotopic ratios, isotopic spacing and ion fragmentation 'fingerprint' analysis." 3

• Have been fed a 100 percent forage diet
• Have never been confined in a feedlot
• Have never received antibiotics or hormones
• Were born and raised on American family farms (a vast majority of the grass fed meats sold in grocery stores are imported, and without COOL labeling, there's no telling where it came from or what standards were followed)

Read  FULL ARTICLE.