Both Sides of The Plate

Kirsten Angell, RD, LD, CDCES, fourth generation rancher and registered dietitian, shares the science and the story of production agriculture while motivating farmers and ranchers to live healthy lives.

Ag Influencer and Blogger

Before the Plate

Sharing a passion for rural America while connecting with those unfamiliar with production agriculture about the realities, truths, and joys of cattle ranching, beef in the kitchen, and the rural way of life.

Nutritionist

The Other Side of the Plate

Empowering farmers and ranchers to implement healthy lifestyle choices that help making living a healthy lifestyle a reality.

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Climate Week NYC 2021

“Cattle aren’t the source of our environmental woes. They’re part of the solution to a vexing challenge: how to sustainably feed the world.”—Tryon Wickersham, Associate Professor of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University

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It’s Production Sale Week

Located in the short grass country of western Kansas, Lundgren Angus Ranch (LAR) is a family owned and operated registered Angus and Red Angus herd committed to producing seedstock that will meet the ever-increasing demands of today's commercial cow/calf producer and the beef industry.

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It’s Cattle Season!

“Cattle Season” is truly year-round, but the time of year listed in this blog post is when there is barely time to breathe, let alone sleep, eat healthy, intentionally exercise, or basically, conduct any form of self-care.

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Accuburgers

Are you looking for the perfect Christmas gift?

Do you want to support a woman owned small business based in the Midwest on Small Business Saturday?

Accuburgers is just what you are looking for!

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Daughters Returning to Farms and Ranches

Daughters returning to farms and ranches was the topic of a conversation I was mostly listening to recently.

The statement that struck a chord with me was, “I don’t know who they are going to pass their farm to.  They only have daughters.”

Interesting thing is, as I kindly brought to his attention, returning to the farm was possible for this gentleman because he married a daughter.

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Connect with Kirsten for Her Eloquent Writing Skills or Her Dynamic Presentation Services

Kirsten is well versed in public speaking and written dialogue and is ready to join the lineup for your next virtual or in-person event as well as to enlighten your readers.

I had the pleasure of working with Kirsten as she was a presenter at our 2019 SCAND Conference in Columbia, SC. Her presentation on the role of the registered dietitian nutritionist and agriculture was exactly what was needed to make our members aware that agriculture is part of dietetic practice. She opened the eyes of members on the sustainable role farmers and ranchers are playing in keeping our environment safe. She emphasized the true impact farmers and ranchers have on climate change and how that small percentage is misrepresented in the media. She also demonstrated the need to dietetic professionals to work with rural food providers on their nutritional health and well-being. She was an energetic and great ambassador for farmers and ranchers and their role in maintaining the health and well-being of Americans. I hope someday we can find a way to have her come and present again at one of our future meetings. Her enthusiasm, professionalism and speaking skills is why I highly recommend her as a speaker and as a consultant.
— Wanda M. Koszewski, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND 2019 SCAND President Department of Human Nutrition Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC