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    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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    Agriculture - Poultry Farming

    Growing More Food with Fewer Resources (Guilt Free Meat Eating)

    January 1, 2014 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I’m kicking the new year off with some good news! Remember when I wrote about how the egg industry and egg farmers made such great improvements in its environmental impact? (You can read that post here.) I found out that many other aspects of agriculture are doing the same! For…

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    Agriculture - Poultry Farming

    Poultry Farming: The Learning Never Stops

    October 8, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    You might have noticed I have a bit of a poultry thing going on. It hardly seems possible that I have worked on behalf of poultry farmers and companies for 18 years, actually. 18 years. I was young and single and serious and pretty quiet when I started. Now I…

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    Getting All AgNerdy On You.

    April 3, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    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…

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    Agriculture - Earl the Pug - My Turkey Family - My Work Life - Poultry Farming

    Poultry Central. Right here in Minnesota!

    March 10, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    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…

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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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