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Cow Doc Dreams to Deputy State Veterinarian: Meet North Dakota’s Dr. Beth...
“I wanted to be a veterinarian for as long as I can remember. Although I did go through a brief phase in high school where I was interested in psychology and law. This has been helpful in my career as...
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Building Connections For a Next Generation: Meet Illinois Farmer Mary...
“If you have questions about the food you eat, do your homework. Maybe the most intimidating step is figuring out where to begin your research or if you think it’s a “dumb” question. A great place...
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Where Does Your Turkey Come From? Meet Minnesota’s Lara Durben #WomenInAg
“Poultry farming is so mysterious to many people and there are a lot of misconceptions related to the size of these particular farm operations. I love to tell people that I know turkey, egg and chicken...
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Boldly Sharing Her Voice As A Modern Hog Farmer: Meet Missouri’s Chris Chinn...
“I always try to remind my family and friends that no task is too big and we can accomplish anything we set our minds too. We all face challenges but we can’t give up, we have to pick ourselves up and...
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City Girl to Cotton Loving Agvocate & Agnerd: Meet Janice Person #WomenInAg
“Agriculture is something I didn’t anticipate getting into. I had no connections at all to it until I was in college when I got an internship at a farm magazine. Since then, I have increasingly become...
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The Cow in Patrick O’Shanahan’s Kitchen Giveaway: Meet Michigan’s Diana...
“Even if you don’t have a personal connection to a farm or farmer, you don’t have to depend on advertisements and propaganda to learn how food is produced. You can reach out and learn for yourself —...
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An Iowa Turkey Farmer’s Wife, Mom &“Junky” Business Owner: Meet Katie Olthoff...
“You don’t have to fear your food. You can trust farmers. We know the ins and outs of our farm and our animals, and all of our decisions have food safety in mind.” Katie Olthoff , a turkey farmer’s...
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From Maryland to Nebraska, She’s An Author, Mom & Advocate: Meet Becky Chaney...
“My degree is in agricultural journalism. I continue to be an advocate for agriculture by working with my daughters on ag educational children’s books and by going into classrooms to give ag...
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Women in Ag: Wisconsin’s Dairy Carrie (Vote Today)
Welcome to 30 Days of Women in Agriculture, the 2014 Edition! Carrie Mess from Milford, Wisconsin is a bold voice for agriculture. I have known her for about five years through the AgChat Foundation. I...
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Women in Ag: North Dakota’s Sarah Heinrich
Today is North Dakota’s 125th birthday. As a fifth generation North Dakotan myself and proudly raising the sixth generation where my family set down roots before North Dakota was even a state, it’s a...
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Women in Ag: Valiant Val Wagner from North Dakota
Today is Day Three of 30 Days of Women in Agriculture, 2014 Edition. Links to additional featured profiles are listed below and follow along daily for features in this ongoing series. Five upcoming...
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A Next Generation Of Women In Ag: Michigan’s Taylor Truckey
Who are the next generation of agriculturists? Meet one today in Taylor Truckey, originally from Sherwood, Michigan and residing in East Lansing, Michigan where she is a senior at Michigan State...
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Women in Ag: A Sustainability Expert, Dr. Jude Capper
Sustainability is often an overused word in my everyday life. It depends on who you talk to and how they define it. Often among my friends and some communications clients, “sustainability” creates...
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Keeping It Real Through The Lens of a Farm Girl: Erin Ehnle
Erin Ehnle is from Edelstein, Illinois and currently resides in Dunlap, Illinois. You probably have not been to either town. But maybe you have seen Erin’s work as Keeping It Real Through The Lens of a...
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Women in Ag: Annie Carlson with a NEW Soup and Bread Bismarck CSA Giveaway
Annie Carlson is a big dreamer and not your average farmer. She is known at the Bismarck, North Dakota based farmer’s market BisMarket for her tasty pork, baked goods and she raises vegetables that she...
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Women In Ag: Sixth Generation Canadian Farmer Patricia Grotenhuis
Patricia Grotenhuis is a farmer, mom of three children with a baby on the way, wife and communications coordinator with a strong agriculture advocacy effort in Food and Farm Care Ontario. Pat is...
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Illinois Farm Mom & AgChat Foundation’s, Jenny Schweigert
Jenny Schweigert is from Danvers, IL and now lives in Hopedale, IL with her husband, Jeff, and three boys, ages, 12, 9 and 6. Jenny and I first met via our blogs a few years ago. I shared her family’s...
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Grow & Bloom with Insight from Nebraska’s Bonnie Schulz
Who and what defines a “farm wife?” I’ve seen some loose debate and banter between women on this topic. I’ve never seen it between plumber’s wives. Or doctor’s wives. Or teacher’s husbands. But there...
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Canadian Mom and Monsanto’s New Social Scientist, Meet Dr. Cami Ryan
Do food headlines confuse you more than answer your questions? Dr. Cami Ryan is an expert that taps into her social sciences knowledge and experience to bridge gaps between different consumer,...
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Women in Ag: South Dakota’s Positively Passionate Amy Pravecek
Do you remember hearing about Storm Atlas in South Dakota just over a year ago? I was stuck in the snow in South Dakota for a few days in the Black Hills during that storm with fabulous South Dakota...
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