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A Farm Kid's Guide to Agriculture

Episode 042 – Another One Bites the Dust

It seems like everybody comes from a small town, but what happens to our hometowns when we grow up and move away? In this episode, Claire and Gracie discuss  The…

A Farm Kid's Guide to Agriculture

Episode 041 – You Are What You Eat

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…

The Dirty Dozen

It’s that time of year again. Spring has sprung and the Environmental Working Group released their annual “Dirty Dozen” list. I watched an interesting news segment about this list on…

A Farm Kid's Guide to Agriculture

Episode 033 – Romaine Calm

Thanksgiving is nearly here and we have a lot to be grateful for this year, even if Claire and I are both a little nervous to bring our boyfriends home…

Homemade coffeecake

Kathy’s Coffeecake

For as long as I can remember, my mom has made coffeecakes and given them to everyone [friends, family, neighbors, teachers, the school bus driver, her hairdresser, the mailman and…

Garden-fresh tomatoes

Tomayto, Tomahto

Has the Hunt’s “no GMOs in sight” tomato field campaign/subsequent response blown up anyone else’s newsfeed this week? All any of this really is anymore is a marketing tactic (and it’s…

Why Do We Have Strawberries in the Winter?

I was really disappointed when I opened my daily news email theSkimm this morning. There’s always a feature at the end, which often defines a common acronym. GMO is a…

Thanksgiving

The American Farm Bureau Federation announced recently that the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner for ten will cost just under $50.00, or about $5.00 per person. I’m thankful for the…

Four Food Buzzwords and What They Really Mean

“All natural” “Locally grown” “But it’s organic” “I only eat grass-fed beef” We’ve all encountered these phrases, whether they came up during conversation or were printed across the produce bin…

Jumping on the Gluten-Free Bandwagon

If you’ve ever had the thrilling opportunity to accompany me to the grocery store, you have probably seen me randomly stop  in the middle of a packed grocery aisle and…