A big thank you goes to Mother Nature for sending this March blizzard, finally giving me reason to update my blog photo to reflect winter. Better late than never, I suppose. But now I have an excuse to tell you about this dilapidated structure that graces my homepage. This is what my family refers to as the Red Barn even though its paint has faded and peeled into nothingness. It relaxes in my ...
A Good Ride
Horses have always been present on my parents’ farm in spite of my dad’s protests. There was Cheyanne, Sparky, Flicka, Strawberry (and her colt Shortcake), Packer, Sundance, Bill, Stormy and April. April arrived at our farm 25-ish years ago with another cast-off, a mutt gelding named Red. My mom claimed her right away because she was reminded of Sparky, another brown-and-white paint that had ...
Grass Fed Chicken
This morning I had the pleasure of playing “straight(wo)man” to the funny, energetic and incredibly passionate personality Chef Danny Boome of ABC’s Recipe Rehab. We tag-teamed on a satellite media tour organized by the US Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, speaking to 27 television and radio stations from all across the country – San Diego to New York and Fargo to Dallas – about food and ...
Girl Power
Before the Dodge commercial even aired I was contemplating this blog on Girl Power. I usually watch the Super Bowl as a skeptic. That thing is one well-oiled marketing machine and the nation falls into it every year. Whatever. This is one night we share with family and friends gathered around America’s favorite sport. It’s the lights, the music, the food, the commercials, the tributes to our ...
When Buzzwords Stop Buzzing
I suppose with all this conversing about food, farms and what the consumer wants – what I want because although I am a farmer I also consume things – taking note of food marketing efforts is only natural. But this week alone, I've had three instances of sitting up to take note. I was doing dishes last week when a commercial for Philadelphia Cream Cheese came on. Rarely, do I pay attention to ...
A Face in the Crowd: Part 2
Last week three fellow farmers and I were named Faces of Farming & Ranching by the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance. I can’t believe that I’ve been included in this group – Chris Chinn, Missouri farmer raising hogs, cattle, corn, and more, and avid social media agriculture agvocate (I’ve read about her in magazines before!); Wil Gilmer, Alabama dairy farmer, best known perhaps for his ...
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