Not to long ago when someone said “Go Green” we all would have all assumed they were promoting a certain brand of tractor. Today the green movement is everywhere! Anyone who is anyone wants to be a part of the green tide that’s sweeping the country. Maybe I should say, anyone who has anything to ‘market’ wants to be part of the green tide (in fact, don’t we now have green Tide?).

I am all about going green! All of us in agriculture know how important it is to be good stewards of the land and to take care of our environment. Haven’t farmers and ranchers been the original environmentalist ever since God gave Adam a loin cloth and a hoe?

My question is, are farmers and ranchers known from sea to shining sea as the original environmentalist?

Tragically, we are not. In fact, we are in the cross hairs of many of those who claim to be the greenest. All I really want to say to those people is, “You bring your carbon credits. I’ll bring mine.” What I will say is, we were green long before green was the pc thing to be. We are green because we live the green not because we’re trying to market it. We are green because it’s what we have built our entire lives, livelihood and tomorrows upon. We are the original green.