Live video streaming is an excellent way to have a conversation and show what is happening on the farm. I have enjoyed the opportunity to connect farmers and classrooms via Virtual Field Trips at the Ohio Pork Council and through our county Farm Bureau for several years now. Here are the basic items needed to…
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Large Farm and Small Farm Comparison – Making Animal Feed
I’m often asked questions about farm size. People want to know are large farms or small farms better? We have a second grader in the house. While I certainly understand that some education standards require comparing and contrasting to learn to recognize differences, comparisons also make me uncomfortable. So, we’ve had many discussions in our…
Are Farmers Really Rich or Poor?
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…