Tag: ranching
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National Ag Day – Kansas Ag Day
Today is National Ag Day and, equally important, it’s also Kansas Ag Day! Agriculture is important to everyone – farmers and ranchers produce our food and fiber so today I’m posting some of my favorite photos that embody what I think about when I imagine Kansas agriculture. Good stockmanship on display. Calm cattle are…
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I’m a Meatatarian
No veggies? No problem. I’m a red-blooded, God-fearing, feisty American and I like meat. I know how it’s produced, I’m comfortable with the sacrifice made to yield it and I can prepare it 154 ways to amaze even the most skeptical foodie. I eat it at almost every meal and even snack-time if some…
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Cancer and Ode to a Cowboy
Some of you may have noticed a Facebook status I posted in late July about cancer and Alzheimer’s needing to leave my family the hell alone. Alzheimer’s has and continues to take a toll on the Frobose, Buzzard and Baker branches of my family and I don’t know many people out there that cancer hasn’t touched in some…
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Wordless Wednesday: I’m Not Bilingual and Little Cowboys Are Cute
Uno, dos, tres – I can’t count to 56 in Spanish. Little cowpokes stickhorse race at a memorial team roping
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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…