This week’s episode Cahokia Rice and the River: Intertwined Story of Improvement & Adaptation, seemed to tap brain cells and rice farming terms that I don’t use everyday so I thought maybe putting together a…
Visiting a Beehive for the First Time – What I Learned
- October 5, 2022
- Tagged as: honey, pollinators
There are so many lessons to be learned from bees and visiting a beehive makes those lessons come to life in a way that reading can’t match. People have differing reasons for wanting to take…
Milk is in just about everyone’s fridge. And cheese, yogurt, sour cream, and ice cream. Especially ice cream. Dairy products are so ubiquitous that it can be easy to take them for granted and not…
How a Sustainable Dairy Farm Upcycles Things to Produce Great Milk
- May 2, 2022
- Tagged as: dairy, food waste, Missouri
This post about a sustainable dairy farm is sponsored by Midwest Dairy. I was compensated for my time, but all wording and opinions are mine. In the first podcast I posted, background on how my…
Urban agriculture. I can’t imagine many people used that phrase 20 years ago but it is certainly a phrase that has grown in prominence. And I think it’s awesome! The more ways we connect ourselves…
There is so much science behind the food we eat, and we’re about to get a little nerdy about some plant science basics! We’ve talked to plant breeders from around the world, Dr. Lee Hickey…
We Are Each Other’s Harvest, Detailing History in a Book About Black Farmers
- February 15, 2022
- Tagged as: black farmers, book review
Last spring I bought audio & hardbound copies of a book about black farmers in the presale…. I got my copies as the book arrived at the first book stores! This book has now become…
For so long, black farmers have been overlooked, underestimated and more by many. It is an honor to share the stories on the podcast from families have long been part of food production. Black History…
Family farm transitions are tough to discuss. A lot gets wrapped into it…. not only are you talking about things like retirement or potential death of an older generation, but it means changes in how...
Sweet Potatoes? Yams? What’s the Difference Anyway?
- January 19, 2022
- Tagged as: North Carolina, sweet potato
Will Kornegay knows a lot about sweet potatoes. His family has grown them for years. And when I met him, he was repoing sweet potatoes hard online. Eventually I interviewed him to clear up some…
Biosecurity or Zoonoses: What it Means to Keeping Livestock & People Healthy
- January 17, 2022
- Tagged as: beef, cattle, dairy
In our episode talking about farming chickens, Lauren mentioned biosecurity. Another big word connected to livestock and human health is zoonoses. The word zoonoses…. seeing that on my screen makes me wonder how many of…
Do pig farms smell bad? Remembering My First Visit to a Pig Farm
- March 17, 2021
- Tagged as: barns, Missouri, pork
Years ago, I had the amazing chance to visit a good friend and her family on their pig farm in Missouri. Chris & I got to know each other through social media. We had probably…
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