By Jessica Domel When I hear the word “documentary,” rarely does “Oh, I must see that” come to mind. In fact, it’s usually the farthest thing from it. Last week, the trailer for a new documentary changed that for me. It’s called Farmland and it’s a feature-length film by award-winning filmmaker James Moll, with support [...]
By Jessica Domel When you look at your children, your nieces and nephews and your grandchildren and think about their futures, what do you see? A doctor, lawyer, engineer or teacher? How about a farmer or rancher? I’d venture to guess that more people hope their loved ones will become a doctor, lawyer or something else [...]
By Jessica Domel This morning as I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, I couldn't help but notice that the majority of my friends were excited about a spiced pumpkin coffee drink, a pumpkin-scented candle, new pumpkins they had purchased for decorating their homes and the return of the pumpkin patch at a local church [...]
By Jessica Domel Did you know the average American consumes approximately 24 pounds of rice each year? Twenty-four pounds! That's a lot of chicken and rice casserole, Spanish rice and the classic–plain white rice. So why do Americans eat so much rice? Maybe it's because it's relatively cheap. It could also be that it's low [...]
By Jessica Domel To wash or not to wash? That’s the question I find myself asking every time I open a package of raw chicken in my kitchen. Do I need to wash this before cooking it or does the cooking process take care of the bacteria for me? Well, apparently that’s been the debate [...]
