Tag: family farmers
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Chipotle: A World of Pure Imagination
About four years ago, I realized the extremely important role advocacy plays in agriculture and saw the limitless value of telling my story. I’m proud to share the stories about the small role I play in food production while working alongside my father, husband and in-laws. I do this because there are plenty of people…
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Stella the Chicken(s) Update – Sad News on the FroBuzz Ranchero
A Barred Rock chick who survived the heinous attack This post was going to start out very cheery with an update on nutrition and growth about my Barred Rock chicks who are all named Stella. But tragic news has struck the ranch – three little Stellas have left this Earth. I was going into town…
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Ranching Awesome – Thriftshop Parody
I love Kansas and I won’t list all the reasons why but contributing to that long list is that all the best farm song parodies come from Kansas. First there were the Peterson Farm Bros and their two big hits: I’m Farming and I Grow It & Working Farmer Style. Then, the kids at Wallace…
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Australia Day
Last year at this time, I wasn’t yet in Australia but was hastily packing my house after being married only four days previous (post on our anniversary coming soon). Nonetheless, we still heard plenty of hype about Australia day, and many other Australian holidays, while we were abroad. For those of you who don’t know,…
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Keep Families Farming
We all know that 4-H and FFA are fantastic outlets to get involved with agriculture at a young age, develop skills and find our passions. But most of us developed our interests for 4-H and FFA long before we memorized the creed or participated at our first state fair. I, along with several hundreds of…