This weekend, I asked some of my friends to join me in #FoodThanks. It seemed like a no brainer since so many of my peeps like food and they are a thankful lot. , so putting the two together should be easy enough. It seems to be different for everyone so I would like a number of personal perspectives on… Read More
Plant Breeding Student Attends IRRI’s “Rice: Research to Production” Course
The following article was in the latest issue of the Teas A&M Plant Breeding Bulletin July 2011. I asked the editor of the bulletin Wayne Smith and the student featured in the story (Trey Cutts) if I could share it here as I think the information and photos are very compelling. “Rice: Research to Production” is a 3-week intensive course… Read More
Dealing with the Aftermath of Alabama Tornadoes – Pray for Tuscaloosa & Alabama
I got a phone call this morning that meant I needed to go straight to the blog. It was Jan Hoadley of Slow Money Farm and she wanted to see if I was okay and how others were. She took a while checking on others and I said I think we’ve heard from a lot but I was worried about… Read More
The Carpenter by David Wilcox & Thoughts on Building Bridges
“The Carpenter” is a great song by a favorite artist of mine and I have a hard time believing it’s not on YouTube or somewhere but I can’t find it! So reading reading the lyrics works really well. David Wilcox (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blog) is a singer that I really enjoy because he’s actually a storyteller who happens to put… Read More
New Years Isn’t Always Happy on the Farm
This morning as I read through some of the thoughts of friends on Twitter a single tweet from @farmelady Diane Heckman from central Pennsylvania jumped out at me. Still too young for SS ,so have to have something else for income. just hope all works out and can pay off most of our bills n can keep farm — Diane… Read More
An Insider’s View of Farmers’ Markets – A Farmer’s Perspective
In August, I had the chance to meet Idaho farmer Lori Anne Lau at the AgChat Foundation’s first training conference (she’s another of the farmers I “met” through efforts online). The sessions kept us fairly busy and I soon realized I didn’t have much of a chance to visit with her. We traded a couple of messages and I asked… Read More
