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Illinois Farm Girl

a mother's perspective on farm life & farm kids

Losing Faith in Government, Not My Right to Vote

November 3, 2014

We vote every day. We vote with our dollars and wear our team’s colors. We like posts on Facebook and favorite tweets on Twitter. In schools, students raise their hands when asked, “Who likes recess?” and cast ballots for homecoming courts, student councils and FFA chapter officers. We vote every day without thinking and yet when THE day to vote rolls around, collectively we the people often ...

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Field Meals: Menu 7

October 30, 2014

Tonight, as the crew chowed down dinner, my brother-in-law mentioned that a rep from a local ag business wanted to bring dinner Saturday night.  Many ag businesses will deliver lunch or dinner to harvest crews.  It is a great customer appreciation gesture, both to the farmer customers and the harvest chefs.  A night free from dinner duty?!  Sign me up! ...

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Field Meals: Menu 6

October 29, 2014

Sometimes field meals need not be served in the field.  Today, the crew moved to our home giving me an excuse not to load hot pans and dinner paraphernalia in the car, and giving the farmers a chance to sit at a table in a kitchen to enjoy a meal.  We're six weeks in to this harvest season; the simple things are keeping us going now. ...

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Field Meals: Menu 5

October 24, 2014

Preparing a meal for field-side dining is one thing.  Being prepared to serve, eat and clean-up in said field is entirely another.  Here are a few tips on doing just that: ...

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Field Meals: Menu 4

October 22, 2014

A meal served field-side serves more than the purpose of eating for energy and nourishment.  It is the one break in their 12 to 14 hour day that requires the crew to stretch and stand, balance a plate, converse with each other face to face versus through a static-y radio and breathe in some fresh air. ...

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Flat Aggie: All About Pumpkins

October 20, 2014

With each Flat Aggie report, I’ll be putting together a list additional resources, websites, recipes, books, and activities.  Use this and farmer math from A Kansas Farm Mom to bring Flat Aggie’s Agmazing Adventures to life! ...

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