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What "Good" Moms Eat
Nov 30, 2018
What "Good" Moms Eat
Nov 30, 2018

My daughter is nearly 18 months old right now. It’s the perfect age to remember all the things you were going to do as the “perfect” parent — and it’s been long enough to have broken most of those rules already.

Nov 30, 2018
Doing More with Less
Nov 27, 2018
Doing More with Less
Nov 27, 2018

These days, it seems like everyone is being asked to do more with less — fewer hours in the day, smaller budgets and less resources. Farming is no different. Today, producers are being tasked with increasing their yields while reducing their costs. To accomplish this goal, farmers must make every acre of ground more efficient as resources become more scarce. And, we’ve done it.

Nov 27, 2018
How Your Garden Grows (It's Not Too Different from Corn!)
Nov 27, 2018
How Your Garden Grows (It's Not Too Different from Corn!)
Nov 27, 2018

For me, growing plants is both a profession and a hobby. I’m an avid gardener, but my day-to-day job is helping farmers grow healthy crops. My education in plant and soil science can be applied to thousands of acres of corn, wheat and soybeans — and it can just as easily be used to help a few tomato plants thrive in my backyard.

Nov 27, 2018
Offline and On to the Farm
Nov 25, 2018
Offline and On to the Farm
Nov 25, 2018

If you have a social media account, you have probably seen some heated discussions about food. In real life, I’ve had a lot of great conversations about food, farming and agriculture. In fact, I have the opportunity to talk about my farm nearly every day at work.

Nov 25, 2018
We Hear You
Nov 25, 2018
We Hear You
Nov 25, 2018

On a typical farm, producers harvest their commodity and sell it to a company or cooperative, which turns it into something you might see a grocery store. That’s the way our farm operated from about 1930 until 2007 when our family decided to build a processing plant.

Nov 25, 2018
How to Support Family Farms: Fill a Grocery Cart
Nov 25, 2018
How to Support Family Farms: Fill a Grocery Cart
Nov 25, 2018

Buy local” is a phrase I hear often — even in rural America. As a farmer, my job is to put safe, healthy foods on tables across America. That includes my local community.

Nov 25, 2018
Sustainability From a Farmer's Perspective
Nov 23, 2018
Sustainability From a Farmer's Perspective
Nov 23, 2018

Chances are, you’ve seen “sustainably farmed” labels at your grocery store. Did you ever stop to wonder what that means? Like many confusing food labels, the definition is not universal. In fact, sustainability can mean different things from one farm to another.

Nov 23, 2018
Going From Vegetarian to Cattle Farmer
Nov 23, 2018
Going From Vegetarian to Cattle Farmer
Nov 23, 2018

I spent years trading hamburgers for veggie patties, a “morally-conscious” food consumer who sought organic, natural ingredients whenever possible. Growing up in the city, I didn’t really understand how our food was grown. That is, until I left and started raising cattle myself.

Nov 23, 2018
Farmers Love Technology
Nov 23, 2018
Farmers Love Technology
Nov 23, 2018

In the last 30 years, a lot has changed about farming. Agriculture is advancing with the help of technology — just like many industries. Our farm’s philosophy is growth through innovation. In many cases, that means incorporating technology. We research, evaluate, test and calculate the return on investment on each new venture we try.

Nov 23, 2018
CommonGround Kansas Volunteer Krystale Neitzel
Nov 15, 2018
CommonGround Kansas Volunteer Krystale Neitzel
Nov 15, 2018

Krystale is part of a fourth-generation family farm outside Lawrence, Kan., and a full-time operations manager for an insurance company. She and her husband, Lowell, are raising their two kids while growing crops and running a small beef cattle feedlot. Krystale is an expert multi-tasker and fits in hobbies like baking, writing, running and reading.

Nov 15, 2018

 

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Kim Baldwin
Lana Barkman
Jenny Burgess
Molly Drimmel
Frances Graves
Laura Handke
Jami Loecker
Krystale Neitzel
Kelsey Pagel
Janet Phillips
Melissa Hildebrand Reed
Katie Sawyer
Lesley Schmidt
Janna Splitter
LaVell Winsor
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