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  • Thanksgiving in Washington DC - #PresidentialTurkey13 | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.wordpress.com
    Agriculture - My Turkey Family - My Work Life

    Thanksgiving in Washington DC: #PresidentialTurkey13

    December 1, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I apologize in advance that I’m not going to be able to write a completely coherent blog post about Thanksgiving week. I seriously am staring at my computer screen at a loss for the right words to describe my experiences last week in Washington DC. Thrilling. Hilarious. Exhausting. Surreal. Memories of…

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  • Agriculture - My Turkey Family - My Work Life

    Gobbling for a Presidential Pardon

    October 23, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I’ve been working on a very special project this month and I finally get to share it with you! If you’ve read my blog before, then you know I work for the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association. This fall, one of our members, who raises turkeys on his family farm in…

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  • Stop, Breathe, and Give Thanks
    AgNerd - Agriculture - My Turkey Family - My Work Life - Poultry Farming

    Stop, Breathe and Give Thanks

    November 21, 2012 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Thanksgiving is so close now – just a day away, and I have hardly had time to think about blogging! That’s the curse of being the communications director for the nation’s largest turkey-producing state, I guess. I have tons of resources and recipes at my fingertips, but I’m too busy…

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  • Gobble On!
    AgNerd - Agriculture - Poultry Farming

    Gobble On!

    November 15, 2012 - By ldurben@charter.net

    This self-described Turkey Queen is at again. It’s one week until Thanksgiving (cue the Angel choir voices singing now – aaahhhh!), so I couldn’t help but share a photo of this handsome little turkey I took in a Minnesota barn a while back. I mean, if you can’t share a…

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  • Agriculture - My Turkey Family - My Work Life

    Turkey Queen in November

    November 9, 2012 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Here’s my shocking admission today: Sometimes I have pork envy. (Bacon? Have you noticed recently that it’s everywhere?) Sometimes I have dairy envy. (Those cute cows plus the milk mustaches – who can compete?) Sometimes I even have just a little beef envy (in the form of a big, juicy…

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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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