by Joanie Stiers The agriculture industry employs more citizens than any other industry in the United States at 22 million people across more than 250…
Read More By Joanie Stiers From the cooking oil in the cupboard and the feed in the hen house to the soles of the shoes at the…
Read More By Joanie Stiers I work every day with the people who raised me. Four desks in the farm office provide space for mom, dad, brother,…
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By Joanie Stiers CDL? 10-4. That three-letter acronym for Commercial Driver’s License also stands for one of my biggest life achievements. Until two years ago,…
Read More By Joanie Stiers We hadn’t started changing oil in the tractors, backhoe nor skid steer yet, and our 15-year-old expressed concern. I explained that his…
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“I’m sorry; I’m a little Christmas obsessed,” I texted our farm’s scale operator. My attempts to stream holiday tunes through the tractor radio failed. Rather,…
Read More For years, I triggered curious looks from fellow restaurant patrons while holding my commercial-sized pizza delivery bag. Nowadays, I get asked if I’m with DoorDash,…
Read More Sometime around age 40, my guilty pleasure food changed to pulled pork nachos: tortilla chips softened with melted nacho cheese, topped with pulled pork and…
Read More By Joanie Stiers The gal in the neighboring dorm room rented a U-Haul to transport her belongings to college. Other families had minivans with the…
Read More Having braved a gravel road, a long driveway and an unleashed outdoor dog, a college intern approached our front steps ready to give his pitch.…
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