Author Archives: commongroundkansas
A Rally for Domino’s Pizza
This weekend farmers are staging a rally for Domino’s Pizza. Why? They want to thank Domino’s Pizza shareholders for making a big decision regarding animal welfare. Bacon, ham, Canadian bacon and pork sausage are popular pizza toppings. Recently, the Humane Society of the United States pressured Domino’s to stop topping their pizzas with pork from [...]
Moms Can Teach Healthy Habits
It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow, and in the spirit of saluting moms, we’re proud to share a great blog post by CommonGround Kansas volunteer LaVell Winsor. LaVell talks about how the special connection with her mom and food in her latest post “My Mom’s Influence.” From learning the importance of balanced meals, sitting down to meals together as a [...]
To Meat or Not to Meat
Note: As CommonGround volunteers, we don’t tell folks what to eat or not to eat. Those decisions are solely yours. We’re simply here to answer your questions based on our experience as farm women. Many of us raise animals for meat, and respecting and protecting those animals is very important to us. We also feel [...]
Animals Deserve Care and Respect
As farm women, we believe it is absolutely never OK to mistreat animals. Never. As livestock producers, we understand firsthand how important it is to provide excellent care for our animals every day. In fact, it’s our moral and ethical obligation. And we take it quite seriously. It not only makes good sense both as farmers and business [...]
Should Rural Kids Be Allowed to Work on Farms & Ranches?
Alisa Valdes of the blog “Learning to Submit” just published an interesting post regarding the proposed Child Labor Law in Agriculture. The law could create some big changes that affect the activities in which kids can legally engage on farms, as well as create restrictions that affect involvement in agricultural youth organizations that provide hands-on [...]
Making It Earth Day Every Day
Many communities celebrated Earth Day with formal festivities on Sunday, April 22. This year marked the 42nd anniversary the holiday’s observance. How did you celebrate with your family or community? While some folks may not realize it, take good care of our earth is a big concern among farmers and ranchers. For instance, practices such [...]
Meet Our Newest Volunteer!
We’ve just added another wonderful volunteer to our CommonGround Kansas team. Welcome to Nicole Small! Nicole comes to us from southeast Kansas, where she and her husband raise a family and run a sixth-generation farm. She’s a pro on the topic of livestock, so if you have questions about how your meat is raised, Nicole [...]
Ag on the Menu
We recently stumbled across an interesting article titled “Ag on the Menu” in the February issue of Successful Farming. The article by Cheryl Tevis talks about how eight food bloggers from across the U.S. were invited to participate in the annual Iowa CORNucopia Tour. We were excited to see what other farm women are doing to [...]
Blogger Farm Moms
Our CommonGround Kansas volunteers have been busy blogging during Kansas Ag Week. If you haven’t checked out their blogs, here’s a quick recap of what they’ve been posting. Karra James shares a yummy recipe for Old Fashioned Meatloaf and Party Potatoes in her post “What’s for Supper?” Lori Deyoe tells the story of how an unexpected [...]
Feeding the Future, Filling the Gaps
Check out this unique video essay by Diane Gress, Shreve, OH, who won the 2012 National Ag Day Video Essay Contest. She discusses topics like rising food production costs, genetically modified organisms, food safety and agricultural education using drawings in “American Agriculture: Feeding the Future, Filling the Gaps.” Questions about any of these topics? Visit findourcommonground.com [...]
