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26 Colorado counties sign meat-in proclamations to counter Gov. Polis s meat out announcement
Gov. Jared Polis s announcement of March 20 as MeatOut Day has sparked a beefy debate across the state.
and last updated 2021-03-17 16:59:47-04
DENVER â Gov. Jared Polis s announcement of March 20 as MeatOut Day has sparked a beefy debate across the state.
On Tuesday, El Paso County became the 26th county to proclaim the same day as Meat In Day. I think what really punched our producers and livestock producers throughout the state is that this proclamation was excluding a product when most proclamations are celebrating a product, said Erin Karney, the industry advancement director at the Colorado Cattlemenâs Association. I think that s really why producers throughout the state reacted the way they did.
Three weeks after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis called agriculture the “cornerstone to the foundation of our state” in an open letter aimed at preserving the National Western Stock Show’s future in Colorado, he signed a proclamation promoting a March 20 Meat Out Day and the removal of animal products from the diet.
This slight aimed at the state’s $4.6 billion animal protein industry isn’t the first from the governor and comes in the midst of the introduction of multiple pieces of legislation that are potentially damaging to the agriculture industry.
Prior to Polis’ letter, another was sent by Kelly Brough, CEO, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and Lauren Masias, director, Colorado Competitive Council, to the cattle breed associations that moved their shows from the postponed NWSS to Oklahoma’s Cattlemen’s Congress. That letter touts the business organizations’ support of the agriculture community and seeks to clarify that the groups hope those competitors and organiz