Advocacy
Building a longer table
As the saying goes “If you are more fortunate than others, build a longer table, not higher fences.” If you are fortunate enough to be in agriculture, it’s time we figure out how to build a bigger table and include those without farm and ranch roots.
Read MoreHow can you translate farm to food?
As a farm woman, do you feel like you speak a different language than other women? You’re often in boots, sweaty or wearing “odor of manure” perfume. You live and work in man’s world. How can you connect with people who live in the city, call a cul-de-sac home, or have no idea how itchy chaff in the bra is? It’s simpler than you might think – connect on commonalities. Rather than focusing on where you live, what you do and why it makes you different – consider what you have in common with others. Michele’s guest post on Pink Tractor.
Read MoreThe Soul of Food vs. the Judgment of Food Souls
Food is food. You eat and so do I. What one family consumes does not make them superior or inferior. The same is true in farming; the way one family farms does not make them worthy of accolades or condemnation. It’s about choice. And like many things in life, not everyone makes the same choices. So why do we cast judgement?
Read MoreExplaining 4-H: pretty ribbons, life lessons & bovine bullies
Explaining the lifelong benefits of 4-H to a people who have never experienced it firsthand is nearly impossible. Yes, the paperwork is grueling and the hours are countless, but nothing can replace the pride in a 4-her’s face on a job well done, watching them learn the importance of helping others and seeing young people find their passion in life.
Read MoreNational Geographic to farmers & agribusiness: be open to the public, listen more and tell your story
National Geographic editor provides thoughts on the greatest disconnect between farm and food, farmers and the environment and ways North American farmers can better tell their story in Michele’s two-part interview with Dennis Dimick on “The Year of Food”.
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