Foodborne illnesses claim 2400 lives in the United States every year. These lives are lost despite the best efforts of the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), with a combined spending of $15.6 billion on meat recalls, and $56 million in total food recalls. Let's consider just the meat recalls for a moment: $15.6 billion. The total … [Read more...]
Robotic Dairy Farming
For Tom and Trevor Griffin, taking care of cows at the Circle T Dairy in Cache Valley is the only job they’ve ever had. The farm was started by their now 76-year-old father, who bought the land in Trenton, Utah from his father and father-in-law and started his business with a single cow. He used the milk from that cow to become one of Ed Gossner’s first suppliers, and the … [Read more...]