So Joe and I made our annual trek to the Minnesota State Fair last week. I was actually there to work, but one of the great things about my job is that during the State Fair, I can bring Joe with me. My organizations (the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association and the Chicken and Egg Association […] Read more…
Turkey Nirvana
So this will come as no big surprise, given my employer for the past 17 years: When I eat out at restaurants, I actively seek out turkey on the menu. Not necessarily always to order … sometimes a meat-eating girl also needs a steak or pork or fish, too – you know, for variety. (Don’t judge […] Read more…
Getting All AgNerdy On You.
Warning: AgNerd post alert … no turkey recipe, no cute pug picture. Just me, getting all AgNerdy on you. Can you handle it? Whenever I sit in on AgChat Foundation’s weekly Tweetchat (most Tuesday nights at 7 pm central time; follow #agchat on Twitter), I always get energized. There is something about this community of […] Read more…
I am Ag Proud!
Tomorrow is National Agriculture Day, a special designation that has been around since 1973. I remember when I first started working for the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, I would see a press kit and maybe a fancy poster come through my desk (via snail mail!) – both highlighting why National Ag Day is important. (Remember, […] Read more…
Poultry Central. Right here in Minnesota!
As I have written before, I work for several poultry organizations – specifically, the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association and its sister organization the Minnesota Turkey Research and Promotion Council; the Chicken and Egg Association of Minnesota; and the Midwest Poultry Federation. Poultry Central. Right here in Minnesota! I wear many hats for these organizations, including […] Read more…
Tuesday Night Ramblings!
Happy Tuesday night! It’s a quiet night at home – my 9-year-old is playing with his new Angry Birds game (a recent birthday gift) and Teacher Man has conferences tonight at school so he won’t be home until later. I was super productive when I got home – made dinner, baked a batch of Joe’s […] Read more…
Whose Truth Is It?
Social media is an amazing thing – a fantastic way for organizations like mine (see Minnesota Turkey Growers Association and the Chicken and Egg Association of Minnesota) to bring consumers closer to their food and to the farmers who raise their food. But it can also get me all worked up sometimes, even when I’m […] Read more…
Stop with the Growth Hormones and Steroids Already (Or How I Bust a Myth)
If you want to see quiet little me get amped up, just start talking about all those horrible hormones and steroids that are fed to turkeys and chickens to make them grow so big and fat that they can’t stand up, much less walk around. That must be why turkeys have such big breasts right? […] Read more…