Waxhaw/Charlotte, North Carolina (25 miles from home) The other day Flat Stanley came along with me to work at Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in Charlotte. You can see Flat Stanley helped to cook the pizzas. First, he helped to look in on the pizzas while they cook in the large brick oven. You can see the wood and gas flames… Read More
Flat Stanley Goes to the John Deere Factory
Des Moines, Iowa (1,064 miles from home) Moline, Illinois (a 172 miles from Des Moines) Hello Jake, Flat Stanley came to see me at the factory where we build Cotton Pickers and Sprayers in Iowa. He couldn’t go out on the shop floor because he forgot his hard hat, but we did talk about the machines we build there. Your… Read More
No Need to Breathe Fire, Cool Off With Dragonfruit!
One of the things that I’ve returned home with from various trips is a love of local foods. A three-week trip to Malaysia included a visit to a friend’s farm where he grows dragonfruit, a fruit he explained was imported from Vietnam. When I mentioned the fruit last week, Cheri Albritton at @ArveyColumbus wondered what I was talking about so I… Read More
Understanding the Boll Weevil’s Impact Looking Forward
The boll weevil is one of those pests that achieved legendary status for the path of destruction it left in its wake. And to my mind’s eye, its one of the few pests to achieve such notoriety specifically for the impact on crop production and the impending doom it caused society. I would guess it ranks fairly close to the… Read More
Opening Day for Major League Baseball & Spring Training aka Understanding Farming through Baseball Terminology
Yesterday I spent the afternoon with the boys of summer. It was incredible! After this winter’s snowed in adventures in Atlanta and St. Louis, along with all the other crappy weather that simply made traveling harder, I think that the mid-80 degree day was truly a gift from God. It’s amazing how clear my head became thanks to yelling for Mark Texeira when he… Read More
Spending the Day in the Fifth Grade
Denair, California (2,642 miles from home) Hey Jake, On Thursday January 12th 2010 I took flat Stanley to school with me at Denair Elementary School. We read the book “The series of the unfortunate events” together. Stanley enjoyed the book because it was about 3 kids who go to a lumber mill, and while there learned about how a lumber… Read More
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