To think, I may have missed this blog post if a friend hadn’t brought it to my attention! It is as if Amy stole the words out of my head and put them in her blog! Okay, that may be overstating things, but it’s incredibly close to what I was thinking yesterday. Here’s Amy’s blog: Butcher Block with a Side… Read More
My Top 10 Farm-Related Hashtags in 2009
I’ve seen enough blogs on twitter’s top hashtags or topics for 2009 to never want to see another. However, I couldn’t help but notice that agriculture seems to get left off the list! Fine then (as a friend of mine would say)! I’ll just make my own list and I’ll open it up for discussion & debate. I may have… Read More
Blushing (But with Pride)
I’m not sure I’d bite off a daunting list like the top ag tweeps… but Sabrina at Fastline put one together. There are lots of tweeps I put way ahead of me. But I’m thrilled to be included as it seems that I’m contributing to the discussion on agriculture with what I’m putting out on twitter. Sabrina has done this… Read More
A New Thanksgiving Tradition in the Making? #Thankafarmer
Thanksgiving has always been an incredible part of my life. I’ve celebrated the holidays many years with vast number of family and other years I’ve been in faraway places like India or Italy where friends have attempted to make me feel at home, particularly for that meal. This year, we will likely have 60-65 people together and most of us… Read More
A Drive Will Do You Good On a Nice Day
I’m very lucky to have excuses to get out and see the countryside fairly frequently. It’s almost addicting when it’s harvest or planting time…. or on any really nice day there is a crop in the field! This week the drive back to Memphis from St. Louis found me stopping on the road and grabbing my camera bag. It just… Read More
Three Days in Another World
Having spent time in the Soviet Union, Turkey, China, etc., I thought I knew what it felt like to be in a different world. But those were easy to prepare for. The languages were different, I had long hours on airplanes, etc. This week’s trip to the North American International Livestock Expo (NAILE) felt similar in someways. Now before anyone… Read More