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3 Phrases Agvocates Should Lose
As agvocates, we share our perspectives of agriculture from the lens of our own truth. My lens, or filters will be different from all other agvocates, because I have different experiences and my farm...
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Water Quality – Don’t Put all Your Eggs in the Buffer Basket
In January, Minnesota’s Governor Mark Dayton announced a plan to require a 50 foot buffer strip along all rivers, streams, and drainage ditches in the state. Mandating a set buffer strip width for all...
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Is Water Quality a Red Herring in the Quest for Land Control?
Water Quality. We hear the term in the news, in press conferences, and in editorials surrounding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton’s proposals to regulate...
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The Impact of a Unified Voice
Agriculture is under attack by the Environmental Protection Agency, individual states, and federal judges. It is time to get involved, and make your voice heard. What is the most effective way to...
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A Bend in the Road
Sometimes, the road of life isn’t as straight and even as you’d like it to be. My road has a bend in it that I have been ignoring for a little while. It is time to make the turn, for my health’s sake....
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Escape to Northern Minnesota
Jonathan and I found time to escape from the farm for 2 1/2 days this summer. This was the first summer vacation without any of our kids along, so it was pretty spontaneous. It had been awhile since we...
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90 Days 9 Lessons
It was 90 days ago that my doctor showed me the results of my blood panel taken at my yearly physical, and strongly suggested I take action. His advice was to spend more time on myself, exercise for a...
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Do Your Words Build Up or Tear Down?
When you talk about controversial things, do your words build up or tear down those whose opinions don’t match your own? Do you feel justified in “ripping a new one” to someone you feel has wronged...
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Faith, Relationships, and Food
As I was trying to decide how to write what was on my heart regarding all the arguments around food choices, I came across this passage which pretty much summed up what I was feeling. I would...
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Wordless Wednesday: 40 Chances
Are you making the most of your 40 Chances? The post Wordless Wednesday: 40 Chances appeared first on Carolyn CAREs.
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Celebrating 5 Years of Carolyn CAREs
Celebrating 5 years of Carolyn CAREs 2015 marked my 5th year of blogging. What better way to celebrate this milestone than to highlight my top 5 posts! 5. Top 10 Things I Love About Farm Life This was...
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Remembering Kenny
Jonathan and Kenny on the last day of harvest 2015 My father-in-law, Kenny Olson, passed away on January 22, 2016. I have been mulling over ways to pay tribute to the man who taught me so much about...
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How Do You Want to be Remembered?
Have you ever given any thought as to how you want to be remembered after you’re gone? Listening to the memories that people shared at my father-in-law’s visitation and funeral got me to thinking...
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Cover Crop Residue Tour
Jonathan and I went on a little farm tour a few weeks ago, and stopped to check on the fields with cover crop residues. We use oats, which we spread on the field with a spin spreader, and Tillage...
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Farm to Fork Class Comes to the Farm
Last November, thanks to the Minnesota Farm Bureau’s Speak for Yourself program, I had the opportunity to share my farm story with the Farm to Fork class at Tracy High School. At the conclusion of my...
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There’s Always More Than One Solution
As my dad might say when figuring out a creative solution to a problem, “There is more than one way to skin a cat!” It’s good to think outside the box sometimes. Happy Friday, everyone! The post...
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So, Where Does Your Corn Go?
One of the questions I get asked most when telling my farm story is “Where does your corn go?” Our corn is certified organic, so it doesn’t go to the local elevator where our neighbors deliver theirs....
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Feeling Grateful
I have many things to be grateful for… This past September didn’t go exactly how any of us predicted it would. We were sure that I would be spending about two weeks in Kentucky after Lydia was born,...
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Thankful Thursday – Legislative Assistants
A huge shout out and thank you to all the Legislative Assistants out there! A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to head to Washington DC for a few days of Farm Bureau meetings, and a day on Capitol...
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What Kind of Impact are You Leaving on Others?
The impact we have on others, whether through a brief chat in a checkout line, or serving on a committee together is something I’ve been reflecting on a lot lately. This past summer, I took the...
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