One of the sites I was most looking forward to while in Washington, D.C. over the Memorial Day weekend was the FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950–2000 exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. I had read about this exhibit from an ag blog (which I should have noted and cannot find now) […]
Puppets of the weather – today on the RamZone blog
Farmers are like puppets manipulated by Mother Nature – the puppeteer of weather changes. While it’s necessary to follow her course to produce the food to feed our world– it’s not always easy. This year’s weather has been especially challenging for farmers – but the hard-working nature of all of the farmers I know proves […]
Why ag on the forefront?
Today I want to link up with a group of Nebraska bloggers and they are each sharing why they started blogging and the reason their blog name is significant to them. There are many reasons I started this blog, but I decided to take a look back at my very first post. I want to […]
Things moms get wrong at the grocery store
Moms aren’t always right when it comes to the grocery store, according to the new Gate to Plate survey of more than 1,000 moms. The survey found that moms are often misinformed, especially when buying “all-natural” and “hormone-free” products. (Click on the graphic to the right to see entire results.) Findings of the survey include: […]
Japan, TPP and agriculture
On Friday of last week, the Obama Administration announced bilateral consultations with Japan about its interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have concluded and the U.S. welcomes Japan joining TPP negotiations. The TPP is an ambitious, next-generation, regional trade agreement that seeks to create a “new millennium model for trade.” As the world’s third […]
Germs in your food?
Perusing through my Twitter feed today I found this tweet from National Geographic (@NatGeo): I was instantly interested. Do I consume germs? (My germaphobe husband might gag if he read this tweet.) What I discovered was really interesting. There are “living” germs in a lot of our foods today (like yogurt – I knew that, […]
Agriculture majors face future with confidence
Just over a year ago, remember that not-so-lovely article by Yahoo! stating that ag degrees are worthless? Well I have a come-back for Mr. Loose (author of that article). In USA Today, there was well-written article on March 26th – Agriculture majors face future with confidence. Who could argue? The author, Ms. Wickel says it […]
‘Growing Season’ mini-series shows life on the farm
Are you ready for Growing Season?! We’re not talking about the actual growing season of our crops, this Growing Season is a yearlong documentary mini-series about the Bartak family from Anselmo, Nebraska and their job of growing a crop for this year’s harvest. Although a few of these guys look like they could be straight […]
What is Whole Foods’ non-GMO risk?
The cyclical interest in GMO foods being labeled or not even included in some retail stores is uncanny. Recently, an interested article arose on SuperMarketGuru.com regarding the decision by Whole Foods Market to push for full GMO transparency. A question was asked, “What if suppliers shrugged and said something like, ‘They’re just 340 stores. We […]
Planting time? and snow drifts.
In the next several weeks, farmers across the U.S. will begin planting and cultivating their crops for the 2013 harvest. With the 2012 drought still looming, this is a little scary. You can put a seed in the ground, but what does it need to grow? Water, nutrients, sunlight. And more water. And not to […]
