I am not ashamed to publicly pronounce my belief that beef is good. That’s why I was so happy to get to work with the Missouri Beef Industry Council on their new “Speaking of Beef” program. Basically we helped the staff at the MBIC prepare materials for a group of initial volunteers to help them conduct public speaking engagements about Missouri’s beef industry to local civic groups. Additionally, we’re going to assist with scheduling them to speak to these groups. We hope to have the first ones set up soon after the first of the year.

In this week’s program you get to hear a couple of Cindy’s interviews on this subject. The first one is with MBIC Executive Director, John Kleiboeker, who talks about the program and why the organization has launched it. Then she interviews Chris Derks, a cattle producer from Northwest Missouri who is one of the first program volunteers. Chris is passionate about his industry. That’s why he’s involved.

At the end of the program I’ve got some music from the Podsafe Music Network that fits right in with this week’s theme. It’s called “Cattle Swagger” by the Thee Phantom 5ive. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for listening.

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