How much arsenic is in your brand?

www.iatp.org/documents/playing-chicken-avoiding-arsenic-in-your-meat
Have you ever wondered how much arsenic is in the chicken YOU buy?  How about at your favorite fast food place?  This report shows many popular brands and how they tested for arsenic.  Check it out!

Lego Llamas Return win regional tournament! We're going to state!

We had an awesome time at our regional tournament.  We met so many kids, saw a lot of cool robots and the day was made even better because we won the research and core values portions of the tournament!  We also came in 2nd in programming!   We know our hard work has only begun because we are going to the state tournament in January.  So we will continue to talk to legislators about our bills and get more information on arsenic in chicken. Plus we are making some changes and refinements in our robot.  Lots to do!  Check out the photo from the great time we had at the FLL regional tournament last Saturday.

Last Lego Llama practice before the Food Factor Challenge Competition

Here are some photos from our practice tonight.  We all got together and practiced our missions, our presentation and ate pizza.  Then some of our parents and brothers and sisters arrived and we showed them a few of our missions and did the presentation for them.  They asked lots of questions.  I think we are ready.  We are excited to compete tomorrow and see what all the other teams are doing.  We will keep you posted on how the day turns out!

Meeting with Rep. Joe Atkins

On Wednesday we met with Representative Joe Atkins to share our presentation and find out more about how legislation is passed in MN. He was great and gave us lots of information. He has passed a ton of bills in MN and can really help us. One of the things he told us is that it's much easier to pass legislation for consumer warning lables than it is to get a ban. We'd still like a ban on arsenicals but will probably start with trying to get legislation for consumer warning labels. Who would buy chicken that said "warning- may contain toxic levels of arsenic"?? Rep. Atkins even helped us get started by drafting two bills for us- one for a warning and one for a ban. We were really surprised! Stay tuned. We have our competition tomorrow and then hope to get to work on the legislation for a warning label.

Want to know more about a Free Range Chicken farm?

Check out this link to High View Pastures.  http://www.highviewpastures.com/pasturechickens.htm

High View Pastures is a good example of chickens raised without arsenicals.  These chickens do not need antibiotics because their immune system is not stressed.    They get their rich flavor from clover and alfalfa pastures.            

IATP petitions FDA to make new standards for arsenic in meat!

Check out this link from the IATP (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy) - they  are trying to get arsenic levels in meat reduced.  This is our mission too!www.iatp.org/blog/201112/arsenic%E2%80%94it%E2%80%99s-in-animal-feed-too