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American Agri-Women Honors William “Perry” Pendley with Veritas Award
American AgriWomen Honors William “Perry” Pendley with Veritas Award
American Agri-Women (AAW) awarded its prestigious Veritas Award to William “Perry” Pendley at its 2021 national convention held recently in Phoenix, Ariz. The Veritas Award is bestowed upon individuals who have been public witness to the “pursuit of truth.”
Pendley was born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming. From July 2019 to January 20, 2021, he was deputy director, policy and programs, Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior, under then President Donald Trump. He was responsible for its 10,000 employees who managed 245 million acres of federal land, mainly in the West and Alaska.
Before joining the Trump administration, he led Mountain States Legal Foundation for nearly 30 years. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and political science from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., was a Captain in the United States Marine Corps and received his law degree from the University of Wyoming, College of Law.
He was an attorney to Wyoming U.S. Senator Clifford P. Hansen and the U.S. House of Representatives Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. During William “Perry” Pendley (right) accepted the Veritas Award from Kathy Reavis (left), the Reagan admin- chair of American Agri-Women’s Veritas Committee, at the organization’s recent istration, he was national convention in Phoenix, Ariz. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals of the U.S. Virginia, and Wyoming, he often appears Department of the Interior. He authored on radio and television as an expert and has President Reagan’s National Minerals Policy, authored hundreds of op-ed articles. initiated the Exclusive Economic Zone proc- Pendley has published five books about the lamation, and ensured an honorable West, most notably, Sagebrush Rebel: Reamemorial for Vietnam War veterans. Admit- gan’s Battle with Environmental Extremists ted to Colorado, the District of Columbia, and Why It Matters Today. ▫
Most Americans Still Prefer to Grocery Shop in Stores
by Susan Kelly on 12/31/2021
Asurvey exploring how the pandemic is changing shopping and eating habits identified six factors shaping the way food producers and retailers will market their products.
The Ipsos poll of U.S. consumers found: Ї 59 percent of Americans would prefer to shop for groceries in-store rather than online, if both presented no risk for COVID-19. Another 24 percent of
Americans would shop for food in-store and online equally, and 17 percent would prefer to shop online.
The preference for in-store shopping increases with age (77 percent for those ages 55 and older, compared to 41 percent of those age 18-34), while younger consumers prefer to shop online (27 percent for those ages 18 to 34 compared to 8 percent for ages 55 and up).
Ї 69 percent of Americans are willing to order from a virtual restaurant if they are already familiar with the brand; 56 percent would be willing to order from a virtual restaurant if it was a brand without a physical location.
Ї 75 percent of Americans are very or somewhat comfortable with restaurant or foodservice apps knowing their preferences based on previous purchases to get faster and more customized service. Almost half (48 percent) are comfortable sharing their customer information by face or voice recognition, and 46 percent are
OK with restaurant or food service apps knowing the location data on their mobile device.
Ї 83 percent of Americans who prefer to shop for food online would be willing to order from a virtual grocery store restaurant, while 49 percent of people who prefer to food shop in-store would be.
Ї 56 percent of people prioritize available foods when grocery shopping, and 44 percent prioritize locally grown foods. Nearly threetwice as likely to be interested in trying them (51 percent) as those ages 55 and older (23 percent).
quarters (73 percent) prioritize locally grown foods, while 27 percent prioritize off-season produce grown elsewhere. More than half (54 percent) prioritize health considerations, while 46 percent of people say price is more important.
Ї 49 percent of Americans are interested in plant- and vegetable-protein-based meat substitutes. Across age groups, 12 percent have tried these meat substitutes, and people ages 18-34 are
Ipsos polled 1,171 adults across the U.S. between October 22 and 25, 2021 for the report. ▫
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