Stories to the Editor

So God Made A Farmer…

After services today, I was reminded by this poem from Paul Harvey. Paul Harvey was a radio personality that was an American radio broadcaster for ABC since the 1940’s. He was born during the beginning years of the dust-bowl, and he understood the plight of American agriculture. But what does this poem mean to us today? What does it mean to you? Does it give you a since of purpose as a farmer?

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A farmers dirty hands as he works on farm equipment
Eat, Pray, Ag-vocate

After A Long Day

By Erik Wilson After a long day, one of the first things we do is wash our hands of the dirt, grease, blood, and God

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Cattle & Dairy

Thanking My Neighbors – A Calf Story

A few years ago, my husband and I purchased 20 acres of land and a few cows. Our plan was to work on being small farmers, the kind of farmers with cows, chickens, and eventually vegetables and fruits. We wanted to sell them to the local community in our area. Things seems to be going well, but we had a lot to learn about farming…

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Eat, Pray, Ag-vocate

The Misinformed Against Farming

I recently witnessed a couple of different people take rather benign conversation as personal attacks and wanted to address this for a second. I farm

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