A Good Egg.

I am thrilled to announce a new partnership I have with the American Egg Board to be a Good Egg Project Ambassador, along with several other bloggers! When asked if I would be interested, it took me all of, oh, I’d say five seconds to say yes. Given my background working with egg farmers and …

Gobbling for a Presidential Pardon

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 far northwestern Minnesota (How far? …

Family Recipes = History & Love.

This past weekend, I spent some time at my father-in-law’s home, visiting and catching up on life. We hadn’t visited for a while and we knew it was time for Joe to see his Grandpa Norman again. My mother-in-law, Mary, sadly passed away last February, and while my husband’s family has experienced a myriad of …

Serious Sunday Night Denial (And an Apple Crisp Recipe)

I am in serious denial that it is Sunday night. Serious denial. I’m just not ready to go back to work and the weekday schedule tomorrow. My son would verbalize it this way: I’m just not feeling Monday. But while I can deny all I want, Monday is still coming straight at me in just a few …

Poultry Farming: The Learning Never Stops

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 don’t feel much older (well, …