Tag: family farms
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Help Iowa Farmers Devastated by the Derecho – Donation List
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last week, you’ve likely heard about the Iowa derecho. A derecho (pronounced du-ray-cho) is a line of intense, widespread, and fast-moving windstorms and sometimes thunderstorms that moves across a great distance and is characterized by damaging winds. Reports from Iowa say that the winds reached 100 mph…
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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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Winter is nearing
and even though the temperatures have cooled down significantly from the 100+ days during the summer there is a key element of fall/winter missing…. MOISTURE. The last time it rained in Manhattan, KS was about a month ago. Normally in the eastern part of Kansas, it rains quite often in the fall. We’ve seen nary…
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Chipotle Strikes a Nerve with Grammy Commercial
10:30 pm Sunday: I’m so livid right now, I can’t even form a coherent sentence. So I may have to come back and finish this post in the morning. ********* Monday morning/afternoonish: Ok, I’m back. A good night’s sleep and a few deep breaths has me calmed me down enough that now I can at least form…
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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…