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Hi, I'm Amanda! My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm also a practicing attorney.

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September 2, 2015

Critical thinking skills are so underutilized these days! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special Issues Tagged With: video

#FactsNotFear Day 1

September 1, 2015

(Note: This image is part of our series aimed at providing positive marketing for all agriculture, in regards to the fearful marketing tactics employed by the Organic Trade Association's Organic Festival. To read more about the festival and why we decided to tackle this project, click here.) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facts Not Fear

A Response From Aunt Millie’s & My Proposed Revisions

August 31, 2015

Dear Aunt Millie’s: As you know, I originally wrote an article about your newly labeled non-GMO products. I was disappointed to see that you chose to jump on the bandwagon of demonizing a scientifically valid technological tool for agriculture by adopting this label. I stated that this was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biotechnology, Labeling, Production Methods Tagged With: gmos, labels, science

Prepare for the Organic Festival

August 31, 2015

Brace yourselves, the month of September has been dubbed the Organic Festival. For the entire month of September, the Organic Trade Association is hosting the Organic Festival - an entire month for bloggers and activists to dedicate to supposedly myth-busting “myths” about the organic label. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketing, Organic Tagged With: advertising, marketing, media, organic

Farm Living: Going to the County Fair

August 28, 2015

Last week I headed to the county fair to enjoy the sights and a little bit of fair food! Although we never participated in the fair as kids (sorry, we had no animals and it was our busy season), I recognize that it is an important thing, especially for animal agriculture! Not only do non-farms kids … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Farm Living Tagged With: animal agriculture, fair, farm living

Average Calories Per Acre

August 24, 2015

Have you ever stopped to wonder how many calories are grown per acre of food? We usually think of yields in terms of bushels or some other physical and tangible measurement. But considering that we're growing commodities for food, have you ever stopped to wonder how many calories we produce per … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Production Methods Tagged With: corn

Farm Living: Red Haven Peach Crisp

August 21, 2015

This week I spent some quality time with my new sister-in-law and made peach crisp from the Red Haven peaches we bought from a neighbor. Let's just say it didn't last very long in our house! What are you favorite recipes using peaches? If you're interested in trying your own peach crisp, you can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Farm Living Tagged With: family, farm living, fruit

How Are Pesticides Applied to Sweet Corn?

August 19, 2015

"I'm curious to know how pesticides are applied to corn crops. I always grill my corn in the husk on and often soak it a bit beforehand. Recently someone told me the husk was "full of chemicals" and I should reconsider. I also saw some recipes that used corn husk to cook in and wondered if it was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conventional, Production Methods Tagged With: Ask the Farmers, corn, pesticides

Timmy Brother’s Bespoke Water

August 18, 2015

Much of the current "foodie" movement just makes me shake my head, especially when it comes to some of the "specialty" products and the marketing schemes that have been developed to go along with them. After seeing Whole Food's blunder with asparagus water, this parody on the foodie movement was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Production Methods Tagged With: funny, parody, video, water

No More Aunt Millie’s For Our Family

August 17, 2015

It looks like another food company has decided to capitalize on food fears and slap an unnecessary label onto its products. My parents are fairly picky about the type of bread we eat. Flavor is important and so is variety. Unfortunately, our options just got a little more restricted. While … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biotechnology, Labeling, Production Methods Tagged With: EPA, FDA, federal government, GMO, labels

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Hi, I'm Amanda. My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm an attorney and I'm passionate about agriculture!

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