Short on time, but still wanna look good while you try to beat the heat? I may be a farm girl who isn’t afraid to get down and dirty buuuuuut, I want to look good while doing it. (Well, at least a step up from the just-rolled-out-of-bed look). Being a dairy farmer that gets up […]
10 Ways to Celebrate Dairy Month
“It is the most wonderful time of the year!”. June is Dairy month, do you know what that means? Time to celebrate cows, farmers, cheese and ALL things dairy related! There are so many great ways to celebrate this month; here are a few! Most of these activities are kid-friendly; if you are looking for […]
Crockpot Beef and Broccoli
Man, do I love me some Chinese food! When I was in college, I lived right next to the best Chinese buffet-style restaurant. Oh, the wonderful smells I would smell as I walked to and from campus. As you can imagine, it was extremely difficult for my room-mate and I not to eat Chinese take-out at least once per […]
Three Myths About Food & Farming
More than ever, consumers have a growing interest in where their food comes from and how it is produced…which is great! Folks should care about where their food originates from and it makes my job as a farmer so much more important. But, I don’t ever want consumers to feel “food shamed” or have fear […]
Why I Farm
So often do we hear farmers say “Howdy, I am Farmer Brown from Wisconsin and we milk 125 cows and run 300 acres of land”. Blah, Blah, Blah. Farmers are really good at telling consumers what they do, but what we don’t commonly hear is why they do it. Sure, it is always cool to […]
Chicken & Wild Rice Soup
Ahhhhh, what a perfect Saturday. The sun peaked out and the temperature finally got up to 22 degrees. It doesn’t sound like much, but after days of below zero weather, twenty-two felt like a heat wave. It made morning chores much more enjoyable and the day oh so much better. The pup and I went […]
Milk Fever
Milk Fever. No, it is not the intense craving you get for a glass of ice-cold milk or the belly ache you feel after competing in a milk drinking contest at the county fair. Milk fever is a metabolic disorder caused by a low blood calcium level and is common among cows who are close […]
#Milk Truth
Has your newsfeed been filled with #milktruth posts? Maybe you have seen something in the newspaper or on television. For some reason, milk has been under attack. Critics are saying don’t drink milk – it’s unneeded, unnatural, and bad for you. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Dairy farmers and milk supporters everywhere are setting […]
An Ode to Judy
Ugh. Not a good start to my week. Let’s start this story from the beginning… This past weekend I went back to my hometown to visit family and help a good friend of mine pick out her wedding gown. I was ecstatic early Saturday morning when I received a picture message from my husband informing […]
How to Respond When Your Farming Practices Are Attacked
I have been blogging and sharing stories from my farm life for a little over a year now. I am a proud 5th generation dairy farmer and my goal is to share the truth about modern agriculture with dairy consumers. With so many misconceptions about the dairy industry, I find it extremely important to show […]
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