The highlight of my year has been marrying Joe, aka the turkey farmer. He grew up in western Ohio where he often helped his mom in their turkey starter house. His dad worked off the farm until Joe was about 14. Part of his dad transitioning to full-time farming was taking care of turkeys in…
Dear mother-in-law and father-in-law, Thank you for the poop. I understand that your hog manure made our corn yield far better than it could’ve been without the crap. You have a wealth of valuable organic nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorous and potash that you shared to make our crops and income better. The corn needed nutrients…
I was asked a good question yesterday, “How do some farmers seem to barely scrape by and some seem to be rich and have all kinds of fancy toys?” Of course this is a very complex question. I’ll work to share some of the variables in as simple of a way as possible. I think…
You know what makes me uncomfortable? Cities, parking garages, elevators and continuous impervious surfaces. I bet I’ve only hailed a cab a couple times in my life. If I had to do it tomorrow I know that I would be nervous. Was the world created for large sections to be covered in in concrete, steel…
I was invited to an adjacent school district in 2010 for the first time to be one of eight to ten speakers sharing a 40 minute presentation eight times throughout the day on food. Each speaker reaches most of the eighth graders. The school requires all eighth graders to read Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan,…
