Category Archives: farming

You need to change your ringtone

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

If you live in Tennessee you may have been aware of the recent debate over House Bill 1191 by Representative Andy Holt, or you may not. And you may certainly be wondering what this has to do with changing my … Continue reading →

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A different side of me,maybe

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

I have been blogging less and living more in 2013 and I don’t know if this is good or bad. I go to meetings like the TN Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Ranchers young leaders conference like I am at … Continue reading →

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Make Hay while the sun shines…

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

I have been meaning to write this blog post since fall hay cutting, and I am just now getting around to typing it up. See, at least twice a year, more often three times a year, I loose my husband … Continue reading →

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Do farm signs mislead customers? What else are we missing?

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Reblogged from Agriculture Proud: One of the first things noted when I began my blogging efforts back in 2009, was the fact that so much is taken for granted in the way of knowledge and experiences when sharing my story … Continue reading →

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Farmers: An endangered species

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

For those of you that know me, you may wonder why a full time family physician and mother of three spends so much time talking about and “AGVOCATING” for agriculture. To answer that I will one, refer you to the … Continue reading →

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Taking On The Comment Section

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Reblogged from New To The Farm: Scroll to the bottom of an online article, blog post or video and you’ll often find a second article, not one written by the author, but a rolling commentary of complaints, comments and conversation … Continue reading →

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Puppies …

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

Not much will get my crew more excited than a new litter of puppies. They love it when the new baby calves arrive but the new puppies seem to win out every time. Here is my crew with our newest … Continue reading →

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Meal Three: An open letter to Big Ag on marketing, PR and effective spin

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Reblogged from One Hundred Meals: – written by Ellen Recently, Grant and I enjoyed a late second dinner with two conventional diary farmers at Telegraph in Chicago. One farmer is from the Central Valley of California — he uses rBST. … Continue reading →

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A Cracker Barrel update

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

This is a first for me, I am blogging about Cracker Barrel while driving down 840 east as my husband drives home. I have not been home in over a week. First, I was off to DC for communications leadership … Continue reading →

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Stop the Flood of Regulations – the EPA’s new “guidance” document

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

Despite the fact that our federal Government and the Supreme Court have upheld the need to limit EPA regulation of federal waterways to “navigable” waters of the United States, the EPA currently has proposed a guidance document which will go … Continue reading →

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