CattleWomen’s Corner We will prevail by helping those in need and each other! By Oregon CattleWomen’s President Jenny Coelho cowsrus17@outlook.com
OCW News
April/May 2020
As you all know the spring events for the Oregon CattleWomen and all our county affiliates have been cancelled or postponed to a later date and some until next year. I just found out that the OCA/OCW Mid-Year meeting that was scheduled in July has been cancelled and that it will be held virtually instead. The Oregon Ag Fest and the ANCW Region V meeting have been rescheduled for next year 2021. I hope that by the time this article reaches your mailbox that there will have been changes made, people are healthy and if you have been economically affected, I hope you can hang in there until our economy starts moving again.
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“No one better mess with our toilet paper!”
We are facing some unprecedented times within our lifetime and we are especially grateful to those who are working very hard to help others in healthcare and all of the other essential workforce that are working longer hours to help take care of those in need right now. Agriculture is more important than ever as we strive to produce the necessary food and products to feed America. Some of you have seen some shortages of certain products in our grocery stores and we got a glimpse of what items are very important to our consumers. Our youngest daughter, who lives on an Air Force Base, went to a local grocery store to buy meat for dinner. When she got to the meat department everything was sold out, except the fish, so our grandchildren had fish for dinner that evening! Our other grandkids at their ranch needed a little entertainment. With all the toilet paper missing in every store, here is a picture that we just love. A little humor goes a long way in these times of uncertainty! With all the virtual learning at home, I want to share with our OCW Members and our County Affiliates the OCW webpage about “Beef Education” at https://www.orcattlewomen.org/beef-education/. You can find puzzles, fun arts and crafts, as well as education flyers about beef production, and beef by-products for our youth. One lesson about beef by-products is “There is a Cow in my Marshmallow” that the kids really enjoy! There is also educational lessons for the adults such as the Masters of Beef Advocacy Class that has five self-guided lessons that address environmental sustainability, beef nutrition, animal welfare and beef safety, the beef lifecycle and how we get our product from pasture to plate. The course also offers historical context on the evolution of the U.S. beef industry from the time the first cattle were brought to North America to today. Please feel free to share this information with other parents and www.orcattle.com | Oregon Cattleman
