Andrea Hitchison

Email Address bossybovine@yahoo.com

Chapter Oklahoma

User Bio Andy was raised on the family ranch her pioneering great grandfather, Oscar Chain, settled in 1893. Underfoot farming and ranching parents and grandparents she gained experiences and values that have left her with a deep dedication to preserving America’s cattle industry and her heritage. She married her high school sweetheart, Brad in 1972 and together spent the past 49 years ranching together. They have four grown children who have been involved in the ranching operation along with their 10 grandkids. She began recognizing the devastating effects the U.N.’s Agenda 21 Sustainable Development plan was having on our food supply, way of life and our rural communities. Serving two terms as Oklahoma Cattlewoman Association president placed her on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the Oklahoma Beef Council. It was during this time her eyes were opened to the global control ties being formed within our beef industry. She watched first hand the implementation of the Global and U.S. Roundtables for Sustainable Beef and the incremental erosion of America’s cattle rancher’s livelihoods. She began speaking out against this union which would drag America’s cattlemen and women into a freedom destroying quagmire and into a top down socialist/communistic style control plan upon their farms and ranching operations. In 2017 the Oklahoma Independent Stockgrowers Association was formed to give Oklahoma ranchers a voice. Today OISA continues to gather more members and will be hosting its 9th convention/ day of education in January. This past year Andy published CONVERGENCE: A Rancher’s Investigation into How Sustainability Frameworks Are Reshaping Agriculture by Andrea D. Hutchison traces one Oklahoma rancher’s investigation into the growing influence of sustainability initiatives on American agriculture. Drawing from firsthand experiences in cattle-industry leadership, policy meetings, and years of research, the book follows the connections among global organizations, government agencies, environmental groups, and agricultural institutions—and examines how policies involving land, water, livestock, climate, traceability, and markets are affecting independent farmers and ranchers, private property rights, and the future of American food production.