American agriculture is buzzing with many pride-driven messages including; We Grow – You Eat, No farms = No food, and Give us a Break, We’re just trying to Feed the […]
Strange Bedfellows
Definition of hipster: a person who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream Love them or hate them, hipsters are here and […]
Ag Day on Campus is Just the Beginning
One of my favorite things about being a Farm Bureau member is knowing that I’m part of an organization that wields a lot of power when it comes to advocating […]
Have you heard of the Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R)?
The Young Farmer and Agriculturist Program is the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s program for members 18-35. We have a committee to lead the program which is made up of nine individuals […]
Always Be Ready for Your Interview
We are constantly told to “tell our story”. The customers of today want to know the back story on where their food came from. Now they don’t need to know […]
Making an Impact through Farm Bureau
How can I have an impact on ag issues that affect my farm and daily life? I’m just one voice. I was blessed with the opportunity to serve on the […]
What Pope Francis Can Teach us about Agriculture
February 18 marked Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, a 40 day season where Catholics fast on holy days such as Ash Wednesday, Fridays when meat is avoided, during Holy […]
Momma of Many
My husband and I have five children. Yes, you read that correctly. Five children, who are all girls, eight and under. When I tell people this I usually get a […]
For the Love of Dairy
Like marriage and parenting, dairy farming takes a lot of heart. My husband, Randy, and I have worked together at all three for many years. Loving family was easy from […]
Three Reasons to Get Involved in Farm Bureau
As 2014 has come and gone, along with many resolutions for the new year, we look back at 2014 as another memory to our growing tenure with the Wisconsin Farm […]
When Your Valentine is a Farmer
With Valentine’s Day rapidly approaching, I decided I would write a lovey-dovey blog post. For close to a year now I have been dating a dairy farmer. That being said, […]
From Farmer to Producer, Back to Farmer
Farmers and agriculturists use terms to describe themselves that hurt ag’s image to its customers. There are two commonly used words that fail to conjure images that will win the […]