Note from Lara: I wrote this blog post for Agriculture.com, the website of Successful Farming magazine and it is being reprinted here with permission. A friend of mine shared a very interesting read with me this week from Eater.com, entitled “I Went to Monsanto’s Controversial Journalism Bootcamp.” It’s about an agriculture reporter’s experiences when attending […] Read more…
High Five for Friday (+ Randomness)
I have decided that I don’t have enough random writing time in my life. I’ve mentioned this before (here, for instance), but I love just sitting at the laptop, creating fun posts about a multitude of topics that have nothing to do with each other. It’s my creative outlet. And quite possibly my therapy session. […] Read more…
5 Things I've Learned from Working for an Agricultural Organization
Happy Sunday night, everyone! I’m going to make this pretty short and sweet right now, mainly because I want to share a blog post I wrote for my “Women in Ag” series over on Agriculture.com. This week marks my 20th year working for the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association and in honor of that, I came […] Read more…
Why Raising Turkeys Indoors Makes Sense.
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…