I was on a cruise around South America during January, February and March 2013. I went to Columbia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and French Guiana. I went to haciendas, estancias, and ranchos where there were Hausas and Gauchos. Below are some agriculture photos from Chile. From RealRancher Jonita Sommers – Pinedale, Wyo. Editor’sContinue reading “Agriculture in South America – Chile”
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Agriculture in South America – Peru and Uruguay
I was on a cruise around South America during January, February and March 2013. I went to Columbia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and French Guiana. I went to haciendas, estancias, and ranchos where there were Hausas and Gauchos. Below are some agriculture photos from Peru and Uruguay. From RealRancher Jonita Sommers – Pinedale,Continue reading “Agriculture in South America – Peru and Uruguay”
Food Ethics
Happy National Ag Week! With less than 2% of the American population involved in production agriculture, the industry gets lost on a lost of folks minds. However, agriculture is incredibly vital! Without it, you’d be hungry and naked…not a pretty picture. I recently watched a great YouTube video by the Center for Food Integrity calledContinue reading “Food Ethics”
Wyoming Farm to School Workshop a Success
Technology and live presentations were combined on Friday, February 15 to bring participants around the state the first Wyoming Farm to School Workshop and Webinar. We talked about this and the Wyoming Farm to Plate program in an earlier blog post. The workshop consisted of three modules specific to Farm to School. It started withContinue reading “Wyoming Farm to School Workshop a Success”
Traveling Back in Time Part II
In December, we posted about the Big Piney 4th Graders visiting the Sommers Ranch Homestead near Pinedale, Wyo. The McKinnon School also visited the Sommers Ranch Homestead Museum and Living History Center in October 2012. It was a great experience for the students to learn Wyoming history. J.B. Bond showed the group how to makeContinue reading “Traveling Back in Time Part II”
National FFA Week: A time for reflection
The nation has been celebrating National FFA Week this week and it has brought back a flood of memories of the people, places, experiences and blue corduroy that FFA exposed me to! Most of you are probably familiar with FFA, but just in case, here’s an explanation of the organization taken from http://www.FFA.org: “‘Future FarmersContinue reading “National FFA Week: A time for reflection”
Wyoming Farm to Plate
Promoting quality, local foods in schools, daycare facilities, institutions, restaurants and retail stores is the driving force behind the formation of the Wyoming Farm to Plate program. Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA) and its partnering agencies, Wyoming Department of Education, Wyoming Business Council, University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension, Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom and localContinue reading “Wyoming Farm to Plate”
Farmer Vacation to the Ag Connect Expo
My farmer husband and I took a drive to a little farm show in Kansas City last week. Okay, so the trip was actually 2,000 miles and the little farm show was the Ag Connect Expo which drew a crowd of 11,000. But, who’s keeping track? We heard about Ag Connect through a direct mailing,Continue reading “Farmer Vacation to the Ag Connect Expo”
Cooking for Cowboys
Our friend and contributor O.L. Shepp who is a Wyoming blogger, writer, rancher, mother…all-around super woman…shared with me another venture she works on. It’s called Cooking for Cowboys and I’m hooked! Her latest post starts out, “My grandmother’s words were, ‘I’ll do the dishes, you kids go play. You have your entire lives to cookContinue reading “Cooking for Cowboys”
Time’s Up! New Year Prize Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the following folks who’ve won some great goodies from the vault! These names were randomly selected from all the folks who commented on the blog post. Diana Berger themisanthropicmuse Chris Amy Lou electrawebb Kara McMurtrey Nicole aka A Kansas Farm Mom Trish Hampton Cindy Bob Brown Mel Gina Pape Feltner Gabe Deb CumingContinue reading “Time’s Up! New Year Prize Winners Announced!”
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