Last week, I debuted my first blog post for Successful Farming’s “Women in Agriculture” family of bloggers on Agriculture.com. I am beyond thrilled to be asked to contribute to this website on a regular basis and I’m humbled by the amazing women in my company. Does this solidify my status as an #agnerd? I believe […] Read more…
Wordless Wednesday: Turkey Tussle
Turkey tussle, anyone? A few years ago while coordinating the annual Thanksgiving Media Day for the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, I attempted to shoot a little video for our members, letting them know what was happening and thanking them for their assistance and support of this event. I had good intentions. Unfortunately, I had one […] Read more…
Don’t Fear Your Food: Antibiotic Use on the Farm
It’s been a while since I’ve shared/written a post strictly about poultry farming – I have many agriculture-related blog posts floating around in my head but not as much time right now to get them all written. Some day. In the meantime, my farm blogger friend, Katie, from On the Banks of Squaw Creek, has […] Read more…
Liebster Award – Discovering New Blogs!
My farm blogger friend Sara over at Hewitt Farms just made my entire week by nominating me for a Liebster Award. I met Sara in person at a social media conference for those of us in agriculture last August and she’s smart, talented and has the coolest collection of cowboy boots that I secretly covet. […] Read more…
Growing More Food with Fewer Resources (Guilt Free Meat Eating)
I’m kicking the new year off with some good news! Remember when I wrote about how the egg industry and egg farmers made such great improvements in its environmental impact? (You can read that post here.) I found out that many other aspects of agriculture are doing the same! For example, pig farms are producing […] Read more…
My Top 6 Blog Posts for 2013
As I head into the New Year, I took a few moments this morning to check out my most-read posts of 2013. It’s always fun to look back to see what really got shared by readers! Not all of these were written in 2013, including my #1 most popular post of all time about pheasant […] Read more…
Thanksgiving in Washington DC: #PresidentialTurkey13
I apologize in advance that I’m not going to be able to write a completely coherent blog post about Thanksgiving week. I seriously am staring at my computer screen at a loss for the right words to describe my experiences last week in Washington DC. Thrilling. Hilarious. Exhausting. Surreal. Memories of a lifetime. How else can […] Read more…
A Good Egg.
I am thrilled to announce a new partnership I have with the American Egg Board to be a Good Egg Project Ambassador, along with several other bloggers! When asked if I would be interested, it took me all of, oh, I’d say five seconds to say yes. Given my background working with egg farmers and […] Read more…