Rachel Gabel
Media/Journalist
Author
Advocate
Northeastern Colorado, Colorado
Rachel Gabel is the assistant editor of The Fence Post Magazine and a longtime agriculture writer covering protein production in Colorado. She is also the author of children's books including 'Kindergarten Rancher.'
Biography
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Rachel Gabel is a longtime agriculture writer and assistant editor of The Fence Post Magazine, where she writes exclusively about the agriculture industry with a primary focus on protein production. Coming from one of Colorado's 12,400 beef-producing families in northeastern Colorado, she brings firsthand perspective to her coverage of ranching and agricultural issues.
Throughout her journalism career, Gabel has reported on threats to Colorado agriculture, including anti-livestock board appointments, legislation affecting agricultural labor, and ballot initiatives targeting slaughterhouses. Her reporting combines industry expertise with investigative journalism to illuminate issues affecting rural communities and the food supply chain.
Beyond her journalism work, Gabel is an accomplished author of children's books, including "Kindergarten Rancher" (illustrated by Shannon Clark) and "Light a Candle for Her, Girls: The Original #CowBios." These books help introduce young readers to agricultural life and ranching culture. She also hosts the Pro Ag podcast, expanding her reach to audio audiences interested in agricultural issues.
Gabel has appeared on the Kim Monson Show multiple times since 2020 to discuss agricultural policy, threats to Colorado's livestock industry, property rights concerns, and rural issues. Her appearances have covered topics from wolf reintroduction to Denver slaughterhouse bans to anti-agriculture appointments on state boards.
Books by Rachel Gabel
Articles by Rachel Gabel
Stand in the Gap for Agriculture
If the assault on Colorado’s agriculture industry continues, we will lose the National Western Stock Show, $$$ SEVEN BILLION annually…
Bringing Home the Bacon is Getting More Expensive
The COVID-19/Wuhan Virus Reaction Disruption created meat processing slow downs and closures that left distribution channels tangled, cattle in feedyards…
Standing Up for Rural Colorado
It’s been said that some of the finest people and places just can’t be seen from the paved road. In…
Episodes
4 appearancesAugust 7, 2024
Ballot Initiatives Threaten Property Rights and Food Security
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Rachel Gabel exposes Denver slaughterhouse ban while Trent Loos warns about federal land control and bee population decline on August 7, 2024.
“They've been very clear, like this is the tip of the iceberg for them. They would like to shut down Superior Farms in Denver and then they would like to go out into the rest of the state and the rest of the nation and continue to do the same thing.”
March 4, 2021
Election Integrity and the Fight for Colorado Agriculture
Alita Yu on Colorado GOP election integrity efforts and Rachel Gabel on threats to agriculture from SB21-087 and Meat Out Day. Broadcast March 4, 2021.
“You know, a nation that can feed itself can defend itself against enemies as well. And it's the ability to feed ourselves. and we have the most affordable, most abundant, safest food supply in the world.”
“It's not a bank. It's not a boutique. It's a farm. And when it has to be done, it has to be done. I can't tell one of our cows that's calving, I'm sorry, I can't come out and help you until 8 o'clock now because I'm off the clock.”
August 20, 2020
COVID Modeling Failures and Threats to Colorado Agriculture
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Kim Monson addresses flawed COVID-19 modeling, agriculture threats, and HD 6 candidate Bill McAleb on Thursday, August 20, 2020.
“Having the wolf on the ballot literally raises the hair on the back of my neck when I think about it. This is the ultimate ballot box biology.”
August 3, 2020
Polis Appointments Target Agriculture and Rural Colorado
Colorado Politics & Policy
Rachel Gabel and Greg Lopez expose Governor Polis's anti-livestock activist appointments targeting Colorado's agricultural industry. August 3, 2020.
“I want your listeners to realize that if we didn't learn anything from this whole COVID mess, that we learned the importance of the food chain, and we learned the importance of the producer side of that.”
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