By Jessica Domel Every year when Daylight Saving Time rolls around, it's the same old thing. Complaints about changing clocks. Complaints about losing sleep. And inevitably, someone saying it was enacted to help American farmers. It wasn't. In fact, my dad hates it. He's out working in the fields whether it's 7 p.m. or 8 [...]
By Jessica Domel Are highly-paid actors and actresses more important than the men and women who dedicate their lives to growing the food that nourishes our bodies and feeds our families? I don't think so. But for some reason, my Twitter timeline Sunday and Monday were consumed by photos, updates and snarky quips about the [...]
By Julie Tomascik Chicken wings. Peanuts. And you can't forget the pigskins, give or take a few pounds of air. Those can mean only one thing: Super Bowl weekend. And while Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals fans hope for a win, I'm pulling for agriculture. I know. I know. That's not a team. Agriculture [...]
By Jessica Domel The truth. We all claim to want it. We say we give it. We even profess our need for it. But in actuality, how many of us actively seek the truth? People tell me all the time they want the truth when it comes to their food. They want to know what's [...]
By Julie Tomascik Grocery lists are made, family members have their food assignments and the carving knife is sharp. I can almost smell the turkey baking in the oven and the gravy simmering on the stove. That means Thanksgiving is just around the corner. And shoppers are flooding grocery stores to prep for the holiday [...]
