Western Farm Press
Home > Blogs > Contributors > Chris Bennett

Chris Bennett

Associate Editor, Western Farm Press
Contact cbennett@farmpress.com

A native of Helena, Ark., Bennett is a graduate of Missouri State University.

He has been an associate editor with Farm Press for five years.

Posts by Chris Bennett

by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Jan. 23, 2013

Fire ants vs. Benadryl a battle of pain

A fire ant attack is a moment of blind panic; an initial frozen blink of time when you realize you’re being swarmed by ant devils. Panic steps aside....More
by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Jan. 10, 2013

Road to Damascus change for anti-GM apostle Mark Lynas

In a shot heard round the GM world, Mark Lynas, a pioneer in the anti-GM movement, came out as a full-fledged advocate of GM crops and his reversal....More
by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Jan. 7, 2013

Honey laundering trails all lead to China

Honey, due to foreign imports, is one of the most tainted foods in America, and China has a sticky finger in almost every pot. The fix is in and....More
by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Dec. 17, 2012

Like horses to the slaughterhouse

Is it time to open U.S. horse slaughterhouses again? It’s a grim choice, but it may be the best one when matched with abuse, abandonment, and....More
by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Dec. 10, 2012

Farm murders met with media silence

The circumstance and manner of death are numbing: farmers hacked and mutilated by machetes, dragged to death behind vehicles, stabbed with farm tools....More
by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Dec. 3, 2012

Forensic marker dogs on trail of metal thieves

Welcome to the golden age of copper theft. For thieves, copper is the trump card, and its value has steadily risen since 2002, when the value dipped....More
by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Nov. 19, 2012

PETA and the death of sanity

It’s unfair to label People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as an extremist organization. Giving PETA that tag is an unjust, terrible insult to....More
by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Oct. 15, 2012

World’s greatest squirrel hunter abandons dying friend

There is something indescribably pure about squirrel hunting. Deer hunting can bring derangement and dishonesty, but squirrel hunting offers less....More
by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Oct. 8, 2012

Clarence Birdseye — the king of frozen food

As the forgotten father of the frozen food industry, Clarence Birdseye changed the way Americans eat forever. That’s not exaggeration — Birdseye left....More
by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Oct. 1, 2012

A glass of Hitler Cabernet with a Mussolini chaser

Sticking Adolf Hitler on a wine label would be marketing death for most wineries. Yet, Lunardelli winery is turning shock-value into dollars by....More
WesternFarmPress.com
Penton Agriculture Market
Copyright © 2013 Penton Media, Inc