In this episode, Claire and Gracie discuss meal kits, grocery pickup, and other conveniences when it comes to grocery shopping and meal preparation. Claire recently started receiving meal kits and leaves her honest review and explains what you should expect when subscribing to one. They end the episode discussing the future of food and what expectations younger eaters have when it comes to grocery shopping and convenience. We want to know – What are your grocery shopping preferences? How do…
Episode 040 – All of Our Goat Puns Are Baaaad
October 23, 2019We’re back for another episode of A Farm Kid’s Guide to Agriculture: The Podcast with ag teacher, former roommate, and goat enthusiast Kenyon Jodlowski. Claire and Kenyon have been best friends since way back in high school and Kenyon is now making his mark as an ag teacher in Central Illinois. In this episode, we talk about Kenyon’s beginnings as a goat farmer, what made him decide to become an ag teacher, and what life’s been like as a beginning…
Follow the Field Update #17
October 18, 2019Happy Harvest! That’s right, it’s go time. Harvest is underway on our farm and everywhere around us this week. It’s a bit later than normal because of the late planting (which has impacted things all season), but moving forward. Here’s the weekly #FollowtheField update on all three fields we’re watching this season: 10/18/19 Update: Cover crop soybeans (158 days – harvest completed) First field in and now first field out this year. These soybeans were one of three fields planted…
Follow the Field Update #16
October 11, 2019Hello, winter! (Just kidding – but it kind of feels like late November today instead of mid-October). At this time last year, we were done with harvest. On average, we’ve started harvest by now and would be on the tail end, wrapping up in the next week or two. This year, we haven’t even started yet. Yikes. It rained today and there’s a chance for more rain on Tuesday and again late next week. If we miss the rain, we’ll…
Episode 039 – Tourists in Our Own Industry
October 9, 2019In the spirit of fall fun, Gracie and Claire discuss their recent agri-tourism adventure in Southern Illinois and how it’s not necessarily just for the non-ag crowd. And for those rainy days when you can’t head out to the farm for some fall fun, Claire gives several podcast and video streaming recommendations from her recent True Crime genre kick. Listen to all of our episodes online here or subscribe on the Apple Podcast app. Follow us on Twitter by searching for @FarmKidBlog…
Follow the Field Update #15
October 4, 2019It finally feels like fall! The leaves are turning, the weather is getting cooler, and even though we haven’t started harvest yet, I’m excited about the season change. We’re about 10-14 days from beginning harvest and even then not everything is going to be ready. I’ll plan for an update next week, but don’t expect anything to be harvested by then. 😉 Now for this week’s update! 10/04/19 Update: Cover Crop Soybeans (144 Days) Major difference since last week! Fewer…
Follow the Field Update #14
September 27, 2019Happy Friday! Well, Friday evening. Better late than never, right? Some visual differences in the fields this week, but still a ways off from harvest. 09/27/19 Update: Cover Crop Soybeans (133 Days) Last week, I explained why this field will probably be the first soybean field we harvest this year. There’s a huge difference between this week and last week with the yellowing of the leaves, which is a sign the field is reaching maturity. See how this pod has…
Episode 038 – Let’s Talk About Climate Change
September 25, 2019Climate change has been a hot topic in the news lately, but we feel that agriculture is missing a great opportunity to join the conversation. Farmers are great caretakers of the land and have made great strides in improving farming practices to be more efficient and environmentally friendly. In this episode, Claire and Gracie discuss the great things agriculture is doing to contribute towards a solution to factors that may influence climate change. Agriculture has a great story to share…
Follow the Field Update #13
September 20, 2019Happy Friday! Next week marks the first day of fall and it feels like we’re finally in the homestretch of the 2019 growing season. The fields that were planted in April and May are quickly changing from green to yellow and brown, signaling that the crop is drying down and it’s nearly time for harvest. Our fields still have a few weeks to go, but we’re starting to see signs that they’re nearing maturity. 9/20/19 Update: Cover Crop Soybeans (126…
Follow the Field Update #12
September 13, 2019Happy Friday! Nothing too exciting to report this week. Still a few weeks to go before harvest, but the good news is that we’re now in “second summer” in Illinois (you know, the couple of weeks that comes after “false fall”), so lots of warm weather helping the corn along as it reaches the finish line. 9/13/19 Update: Cover Crop Soybeans (119 Days) Did you imagine soybeans being this fuzzy? (Don’t worry – all soybean plants are like that.)…