Winter is in the air. It bites at your nose, waters your eyes and paints your cheeks red after just a few moments outside. For many farmers, winter is a time to stay in – in the shop and work on equipment, in the sheds taking care of livestock or in the office catching up on paperwork. But, cold weather also allows farmers to slow down, a little, and gather to catch up on the latest ...
Common Country Courtesy
My Monday was incredibly uneventful. Errands and meetings in one town followed by errands and meetings in another town and in between a lot of time spent on the road. In my travels around our tiny piece of rural America I pass many folks on the road who may not know me and I may not know them, but we abide by the common country courtesy of the wave. Waves are as diverse as the people delivering ...
Christmas Walk
May I share, this afternoon, what makes Small Town USA so great? This is the season of Christmas walks and in every small town Santa is arriving by horse and buggy, police cruiser or fire truck. He sounded the beginning of my hometown’s Christmas Walk this afternoon, arriving by fire truck. A donation of canned goods secured a spot on Santa’s lap and a picture to take home to Mom. The canned ...
To Farm or Not to Farm
Late last night I recorded an interview with Max Armstrong regarding this Faces of Farming & Ranching deal that has somewhat taken over our lives. He asked me some of the usual questions: why do you want to do this? What do you feel about this disconnect between farmers and consumers? What is your cliff notes answer to the question, ‘why biotech?’ Then he asked a question I’ve never been ...
So Long Turkey
And just like that Thanksgiving is gone, and we wake to a world ready for Christmas; although the retail world seemed ready before Halloween arrived. In our house though, we are now ready for Christmas. And we’d better be. We celebrate our first family Christmas tonight and another tomorrow, leaving four to crowd in Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Every year My Farmer points out that we are ...
I’m Thankful For . . .
November has been full of people giving thanks for family, friends, faith, food, farms . . . the list goes on and on. And while, I, too, am truly thankful for all of those things and people, I have a more offbeat list of random things for which I am thankful. 1) General Hospital. Yes, its a soap and trashy TV, but serves as my getaway from reality. Multiple DVRed episodes carried me through ...
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