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Childhood dream becomes a reality for a Jefferson County beef producer
A grass-fed operation is only three years old, but it has been a long time in the making.
Parenting? We’re just having a ball
I am probably the only parent in history who has requested a parent/teacher conference with the playground monitor. Rules Generally, I teach my children that their teachers make The Rules and that, just as in all walks of life, we don’t necessarily have to agree with them to abide by them. I call this the
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Jan. 21, 2010
ALBANY, Ohio — The Alexander FFA chapter is working on completing SAE record books, filling out State and American Degree applications and Proficiency Award applications. Several members are preparing themselves for upcoming Career Development Events competitions. * * * BELOIT, Ohio — West Branch FFA took part in raising money for the Baker family by
Find comfort in Farm and Dairy
Isn’t it reassuring, in this scary world, to open the pages of Farm and Dairy especially in fair time and to see pictures of the young people with their 4-H animals or their prize winning vegetables or blue-ribbon school projects and to know that one day, if they live up to their potential, the world
Ah, sweet victory 30 years later
“Women and Little Kids on the farm typically did the feeding and watering of the animals, but milking was generally considered to be the lot of the men and the Big Kids. In our family, the milking was done in the cow barn on our aunt and uncle’s farm across the road, because that’s where
Economic ills require strong medicine
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — An ailing financial industry is going to need strong medicine to pull out of a deepening credit crunch brought on by risky loans and deregulation, according to Purdue University economists. Economists from Purdue’s Department of Agricultural Economics, Krannert School of Management, and the Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing said the
A weekly roundup of FFA news for the week of May 15, 2008
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Eighteen members of the Zane Trace FFA chapter recently attended the 80th Ohio FFA Convention May 1-3 held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus. Their trip began with a tour of Brownie Points Bakery in Gahanna. From there, the students continued their study of food production by touring the North Market
If you want to get something done, be somebody
“Politics should not be merely a spectator sport.” — Lyndon Johnson I did not set out to become an activist. It just sort of happened. I was shy as a child, or so they tell me. I know my poor mother just walks around in a perpetual state of head-shaking wonder that the child she
The go-to guy and gal
I have often said that the reason I enjoy being a “columnist,” rather than a “journalist” is that the former can use random numbers like a “jzillion dollars” without remorse, while the latter has to report with accuracy on dull-as-dishwater things like the Gross National Product and how much it costs to fill the pothole in front of your house. (Curiously, about a “jzillion dollars.”)
Gunning for the rural vote in November
Show me the contents of a person’s wallet and I’ll outline their life. My skinny wallet, for example, holds just two credit cards (likes convenience, hates consumer debt), a grocery store discount card (cheapskate), a driver’s license, voter’s registration card and fishing license (name, address, age, dull life) as well as a blood donor card (O Positive).
