Leadership
Audacious Leadership for Agriculture
Does agriculture have the authenticity, audacity and action to really lead the conversation about food? Michele asks what the food and farming picture looks like in 2021 in this thought provoking post. She believes agriculture has fallen into a dangerous mode of reacting rather than slowly and carefully building relationships through our every day actions.
Read MoreOur Children’s Food Plates
We’re getting fatter and it’s especially evident in our schools. Do we care enough to do anything about our children’s food plates? Michele suggests we need to get nutrition right and get the next generation moving rather than focusing on contentious issues about food and farm.
Read MoreLeveraging 10,000 Farm & Food Voices
How are you leveraging connections across the food plate? Michele challenges you to reach 10 new people, spend 10 minutes in conversation on Facebook with non-ag folks or ask 10 people about their food concerns. She announces 10x Connect to broaden the conversations between the farm gate and food plate in celebration of a decade of business.
Read MoreDo you know your legacy?
Being a mom has made Michele a better person. She writes what she’s learned from motherhood, her legacy (in life and agriculture) and challenges readers to find their own legacy – which often isn’t on your business card.
Read MoreScience Fair, Agriculture’s Story & Human Connections
Are farmers and ranchers the only ones who should be telling agriculture’s story? Michele doesn’t think so – and provides a personal example from “little tweep” telling the story more effectively than any adult could. Agriculture needs as many people sharing their firsthand experience, whether you’re a meat scientist in Pennsylvania, a seed salesman in Alberta, a rancher in Texas, a dairy woman in Michigan, a college student in Kansas – or a little person at a science fair.
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