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Dave Carter

Dave Carter is a pioneer in connecting organic and sustainable farmers with shoppers seeking healthy, wholesome food. He began his career in rural America as a journalist in small-town newspapers, but soon began working with family farmers and ranchers who were fighting to weather the economic turbulence in rural America in the 1980’s. He developed a passion for working with farmers who were pioneering the development of natural meat and organic food production. Appointed to the USDA National Organic Standards Board by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, Dave served as chair of that panel during the implementation of the national organic regulations. Over the past decade, he has helped lead the growth of the U.S. bison industry, has coordinated efforts to establish USDA organic regulations for pet food, and has been involved in several farmer-controlled marketing initiatives. He also has a small herd of bison that he maintains on a ranch east of Denver.

An Ocean Doesn’t Separate Farmers’ Values

By Dave Carter | 0 Comments | Posted 11/13/2014

Organic farmers in the United States and Europe are as much different as they are the same. I thought about that this last month as my wife and I visited three organic dairy farms in Southwest England that supply the
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Showing Up is Half the Battle

By Dave Carter | 0 Comments | Posted 11/05/2014

Organizers estimate that roughly 70,000 students and advisors attended the event at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds this year. I feel like I must have visited with about 69,000 of them from the booth hosted by the National Bison Association. It
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Something Old is the New “New”

By Dave Carter | 0 Comments | Posted 10/25/2014

Ancient diets are really nothing new. But new information about those diets is turning some of our conventional wisdom on its ear. A couple of months ago, I picked up a copy of Time magazine with the cover emblazoned with
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I’m not a big fan of Meatless Monday

By Dave Carter | 0 Comments | Posted 10/18/2014

That’s not a huge surprise, given that I spend much of my time working with ranchers and other meat producers. For those unaware, Meatless Monday is just what its name implies: encouraging people to avoid meat each Monday. The Pope
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We just can’t keep the bad stuff fenced in

By Dave Carter | 0 Comments | Posted 10/14/2014

Lots of folks tend to think that our only exposure to the pesticides and antibiotics used in agriculture comes through the food products produced with those compounds. Not so, my friend. A few years back, the Environmental Defense Fund conducted
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