Poultry issues we need to speak up about

If any progress is to be made, it will be because you kept telling your story in a direct, honest manner.  If you are not already doing this, it’s past time to start!  It’s the only way that the disconnect will shorten.  Have no fear of difficult issues.  They exist and will likely always exist. I recently told a friend that many GMOs were developed to reduce pesticide use and she just froze for a minute and then said, “Why don’t I know that?”  Then it was my time to freeze as I also wondered why she didn’t know that if I did.  I should have been talking more.  You get the idea.  The next issue is antibiotic use.  For a multitude of reasons, antibiotic use is shrinking in the animal agriculture sector.  When we talk about it, we must be careful to explain.  First, I believe that a reduction in the use of antibiotics of importance in human medicine is an approach we can all live with, while no antibiotics ever is not acceptable.If we are to provide a humane environment for our animals, both pets and agricultural animals, we must treat them when they are ill.  And, sometimes, the only treatments require use of antibiotics used for humans but many more can be treated with other compounds.