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Lessons Learned: The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done

As a recent college graduate and young professional just starting out in the agriculture industry, I’m learning something new every day. Now that college students are returning to campus for…

Call Me an Agvocate

PETA released yet another video this week, this time depicting a dairy farm in North Carolina. Whether or not that video was staged is still being debated. Dairy Carrie, a dairy…

The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done

Growing up, you experience a lot on the farm. Although I grew up surrounded by corn and soybeans, I had an understanding of life and death. We had lots of…

New Beginnings

Happy Easter!! Easter is traditionally the time of new beginnings and signifies the true start of the spring season. Warmer weather is finally upon us, grass has greened, flowers are…

My Beef with Chipotle

Chipotle makes delicious burritos, and I doubt that many will argue against that. But their marketing strategy is a little off. Is it effective for selling burritos? Yes, very effective.…

The 10 Best Things About Being a Farm Kid

Here’s 10 things that you’ve definitely experienced if you’re a farm kid: 10. The Stars.  You won’t appreciate how big the sky is or how many stars there are until you move…

Farmed and….Dangerous??

This month’s buzz in the agriculture industry has been about Chipotle’s new video series that has been launched on Hulu. This isn’t Chipotle’s first hit on the agriculture industry. Last…

Ethanol: The American Fuel

I wrote this editorial for my politics class tonight and figured I’d share. 🙂 You have heard of ethanol before, you have even used it regularly for the last several…

GMOs: From the Farm Kid’s Viewpoint

*Disclaimer: This is not a complete list of all of the arguments in favor of and against GMOs. I have several classes this semester that will be discussing this topic…