Hi, I’m Jennifer Osterholt the wife, mom, recipe creator and Disney lover behind the scenes here at Plowing Through Life.
I want to make life easier by creating simple dinner recipes for my family and sharing some of the best potluck and party foods with you. From potato casseroles to the best cakes in a 9 x 13 pan and easy dessert recipes, hopefully you’ll find a new favorite recipe is waiting here for you.
Welcome to Plowing Through Life
This is where I share my perspective of living, loving and eating on the farm, right here in the heart of Ohio. I began my blog in 2011 to share about my experiences living and working on a farm and to offer encouragement to others after struggling through a few years as a single parent. Faith pulled me through these dark days.
While plowing through life, I found myself face-to-face with the best thing that could ever happen to me — I met my husband Joe and we have expanded our family. Professionally, I am a marketing consultant, speaker and the creator behind this website.
Agriculture runs deep
When I was a toddler, my grandpa tried to help my mother by purchasing a playpen to place me in as she did chores in the pig birthing barn (a.k.a. farrowing house). Eventually, I learned to tip the pen over and inserted myself into those chores. Being around animals became a cornerstone of my upbringing.
I still enjoy working on the farm, serving on the county Farm Bureau board and helping my kids participate in 4-H. I’m blessed to have an adolescent son who lives, breathes and sleeps farming. {It’s true he used to talk about farm toys in his sleep.} We’re very grateful to have added a little girl to our family who has already grown into a preschooler. She loves being a princess and going to Disney.
I’m proud to have grown up in a setting that cultivated such a close connection with the food that is in so many recipes that I share from our Best Taco Meatloaf to our Farmhouse Ham Balls. On occasion, I forget how few people shared in my experiences. One of my missions is to continue identifying ways for people like me to share our farm stories with those who are interested in conversing.
My family raises pigs, beef cattle, corn, soybeans, wheat and hay on the edge of the rural and suburban interface, so I understand first hand how many questions people have about how food, farmers and farming. My husband owns and operates a small farm in eastern Indiana. His family takes care of pigs and turkeys on contract just across the state line in western Ohio. He works with them to raise corn and soybeans.
My opinion
It’s a true that I earn a living working for agriculture groups across the United States. Even when I share a sponsored post this blog is 100 percent my own, personal thoughts.
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Thanks for stopping by! ~Jennifer Osterholt
contact me at: jenosterholt@gmail.com