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  • Fnding Balance in Food and Farm Conversations | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.com
    Agriculture

    Women in Ag: Finding Balance in Our Food and Farm Conversations

    December 29, 2015 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Note from Lara: I wrote this blog post for Agriculture.com, the website of Successful Farming magazine and it is being reprinted here with permission. A friend of mine shared a very interesting read with me this week from Eater.com, entitled “I Went to Monsanto’s Controversial Journalism Bootcamp.” It’s about an…

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    Family - My Boy Joe

    Sunday Night Summation

    March 8, 2015 - By ldurben@charter.net

    You guys. It’s supposed to hit 55 degrees tomorrow. 55 degrees! That makes Monday seem almost … celebratory. But first, a quick recap of the past week: My post on Wednesday – Food Shaming – went fairly ballistic for me and I was excited to see it shared by so…

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  • High Five for Friday - My Boy Joe

    High Five For Friday!

    January 9, 2015 - By ldurben@charter.net

    This has been a tough week. I won’t get into details, but suffice it to say, my entire work week was turned upside down so what I expected to get done early this week, didn’t happen. That left me playing catch-up, which this time of year, is a scary prospect.…

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  • My Work Life

    5 Things I've Learned from Working for an Agricultural Organization

    August 17, 2014 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Happy Sunday night, everyone! I’m going to make this pretty short and sweet right now, mainly because I want to share a blog post I wrote for my “Women in Ag” series over on Agriculture.com. This week marks my 20th year working for the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association and in…

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    AgNerd - Agriculture - Poultry Farming

    Why Raising Turkeys Indoors Makes Sense.

    April 17, 2014 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Last week, I debuted my first blog post for Successful Farming’s “Women in Agriculture” family of bloggers on Agriculture.com. I am beyond thrilled to be asked to contribute to this website on a regular basis and I’m humbled by the amazing women in my company. Does this solidify my status…

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Hello, I’m Lara! I’m a wife, mom (empty nester, almost!), a business owner, and an avid baker, gardener, and traveler. Thanks for being here!

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