In a sea of “connectivity” around the world, we have lost the art of face to face time I was reminded this past weekend. My husband and I hosted a business Christmas party at our house which we do with different customers and friends each year. My sister captured me in the chaotic moment of getting all the food served….
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I am passionate to share stories about how farmers and ranchers grow our food and have spent two consecutive November’s featuring the unique roles of women in agriculture. Knowing those faces behind the farms from across North America is important to me. Each story is unique and I am grateful to have shared so many with you, with many more…
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Debbie Lyons-Blythe is a woman in agriculture that grew up near Manhattan, Kansas and currently ranches near White City, Kansas. She is the daily, hands-on labor and manager on the family beef ranch, with soon all five children gone from home and her husband during the day works in a nearby town. Their son, Tyler is starting college this January at…
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Do you know a farmer that is an organic and a conventional farmer, one that embraces different systems to fit personal farming choices? Carolyn Olson, originally a city girl from Champlin, Minnesota, turned Cottonwood, Minnesota farmer is just that, an organic crop farmer and conventional hog farmer. She explains her farming choices below in her own words. I met Carolyn…
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What defines you? Who has been influential in cultivating that definition? There is one woman who has been that force in my 35 years of life more than any other person in the world. 1981, photography by Ron and Toni Jacobson She is an introvert. I’m an extrovert. I inherited my dad’s personality, but she knows what she’s up against…
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