Bass and catfish like to eat crayfish. Fishermen like to catch bass and catfish. Add a hook to that equation, and you’ve got a great combination. A proposed regulation by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will make it a crime to sell live crayfish for bait. This will put fishermen, as well as sporting goods stores that sell live bait, in a pinch.
For many, a good rib eye steak, chicken and bacon are all part of their daily diets—salads, corn, broccoli, apples, bananas, mangoes and green beans, too…but not asparagus, at least not for me. It’s my prerogative not to like asparagus. But eating only fruits and vegetables is an absolutely acceptable diet, and it’s a preference for part of the population as well. Then there are various levels of the dietary inclusion of meat and/or animal products in between omnivore and vegan. But unfortunately, people on differing sides of the proverbial meat-eating fence don’t always co-exist peacefully.
Let’s be honest; most of today’s population did not grow up on a farm. I didn’t. That does not mean, however, you and I don’t know a thing or two about food. We all eat, don’t we? So, we all know something about food, much of it based on our own personal experiences.
"It’s a great day to be alive and live in the Ozarks!" This daily greeting blared from the radio in my childhood home in southwest Missouri. What a positive way to begin the day!
In March, Missouri Farm Bureau gave us several opportunities to catch a glimpse of history in Washington, D.C., and here at home in Jefferson City. We discovered it is one thing to learn history in school, but another to walk the streets and halls traveled by so many influential people. We came away with a new appreciation for the events that shaped our nation.