Farm girl. Farm wife. Farmer's daughter. Agriculture advocate. Ag marketer. Ag volunteer.
Homesickness. A feeling one has when missing home, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Despite my experience with living and being away from home, lately I've been experiencing a touch of homesickness. I know this is common and those of you who have moved away from home will know what I'm talking about. Here are... Continue Reading →
This past weekend I had the privilege of volunteering at the Calgary Stampede Aggie Days. And a couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog post leading up to Aggie Days called Bees, Beets, Beans and More. If you missed it, check it out here. Aggie Days, a free agricultural adventure for all ages, brings... Continue Reading →
Calving is in full swing on my family farm in southern Manitoba. My young farmer brother was kind enough to snap the following photos of some of our cute baby calves to share with you all. My family says that the unseasonably mild winter across the Prairies has made calving easier. I've always loved animals,... Continue Reading →
Several years ago, during college, I wrote a feature article for a class assignment on young farmers being a rare breed in Canada. This week I was reminded of that award-winning article (yes, I won a journalism award for it) when I read Christie Young's comments at a recent ag event. Young, the executive director... Continue Reading →
As I've mentioned before on this blog, my family farms just north of the Canada-United States border in southern Manitoba. We have some land on the border. To give you an idea I thought I'd share a few photos of the borderline in this Wordless Wednesday blog post. I spent this past weekend at the farm... Continue Reading →
If you live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, or have visited lately, you've no doubt seen the New Lower Prices signs at Sobeys grocery stores. These bright orange arrows decorate the flyers and signs both inside and outside the stores. Sobeys is hoping the campaign will lure you into the store because, after all, who doesn't like lower... Continue Reading →
Going around the table and having each person say what they were thankful for was a Thanksgiving tradition at my extended family gatherings growing up. As a child the answers usually were friends, family, toys and food, especially food. We were, after all, waiting to dig into a delicious spread that always included turkey and all the... Continue Reading →
What does it take to get that loaf of bread into your hands? Wheat grown by a farmer is ground into flour and used to make that bread. Rewind the process and you begin with a wheat seed. Wheat is the cornerstone of many of the world’s most basic foods. This spring I decided to... Continue Reading →
This week I'm inundating you with blog posts about my IFAJ experience while it's still fresh in my mind. And I'm also making up for my hiatus last week! Click here to read Part 1 of my IFAJ ag tour recap if you missed it. Now on to Part 2 of the Lake Ontario ag tour during... Continue Reading →
During last week's International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) 2011 Congress I participated in the two-day Lake Ontario agriculture tour. The tour took us east of Toronto to visit a bison farm and a maple syrup business. From there we drove to Prince Edward County, a piece of fertile land jutting into Lake Ontario, where... Continue Reading →
Rural Route Ramblings 