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Associate vice president for Enrollment and Student Financial Services, Bradley Burnett holds one of his eggs in Crossroads.
Farmer turned staffer delivers fresh, natural food to university CHEYENNE SMITH Life & Arts Reporter
Before the sun makes its appearance in the sky and the chickens begin to stretch their wings and roam the grass, a Shawnee farmer gets out of bed to begin his daily routine. He goes to the cooler, grabs his eggs and loads them into his truck then heads toward the crimson city on his daily route. He makes his stops on campus at Cate, Couch and Headington Hall before stopping at Crossroads, one of the big vendors of his product. VOL. 99, NO. 159 © 2014 OU Publications Board FREE — Additional copies 25¢
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Bradley Burnett of Bradley T. Burnett Farm, who supplies the university with all of its cage-free eggs, is also the associate vice president for Enrollment and Student Financial Services at OU. Burnett’s interest in agriculture began in the late 1990s in Virginia, where he and his family raised their own livestock, such as chickens and Nigerian Dwarf goats. In an effort to protect his family from the toxins and chemicals in processed foods, he organically grows his vegetables and lets his animals graze the land. Naturally-grown foods are nutritional and provide more protein. “It’s how it was done 75 years ago,” Burnett said.
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