Trent Loos will do a lot to get attention. Like drive his FoodLink Chuck Wagon (a wagon named after me!) in a parade that’s being televised nationally. I wonder if they’ll put him in his sponsoring museum someday.
The Loos Tales FoodLink Chuck Wagon took to the streets of Chicago on Thanksgiving morning using history to bring attention to the modern food production system and the progress made over the past century as a result of the application of science and technology.
“As a first-time participant in the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade, the Loos Tales FoodLink Chuck Wagon represented the vital role that today’s U.S. food producers play in providing nutrients and assuring national food security,” said Sarah Muirhead, editor and publisher of Feedstuffs.
The Loos Tales FoodLink Chuck Wagon was presented in the parade by the Museum of Science & Industry of Chicago.
At the helm of the century-old chuck wagon was Loup City, Neb., rancher and broadcast personality Trent Loos. A native of Quincy, Ill., Loos can be heard daily on more than 100 radio stations across the nation and is a regular columnist in Feedstuffs and a partner on Feedstuffs FoodLink, an initiative aimed at telling the story of America’s food production.
Joining Loos on the buckboard was Korean War veteran Tony Gallagher, a former Chicago resident whose eight years of military service and 23 years with the CIA earned him eight purple hearts.
“Like the American soldier, the American farmer/rancher is a critical link to our nation’s security. For only through continued domestic food production can food security and independence be maintained for American consumers,” said Loos.