Showing posts with label roots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roots. Show all posts

Monday, October 6, 2014

Monday Night Movie Night, 6th edition

This week's Monday Night Movie Night is a mix of a few different topics within agriculture that interest me. While browsing through YouTube, it really made me thankful for all the diversity within agriculture.

Recently, I found this super helpful YouTube channel, americashearland. They have all kinds of Agriculture 101 videos that explain common agricultural practices. Check out this one defining crop rotation.



In honor of #NationalPorkMonth, I'm sharing this video of Leah, a hog producer, and her daily morning chores routine. It's so cool to see other people my age advocating for agriculture by sharing their stories.



Did you know Ashton Kutcher is from Iowa? Click below to see the viral video of his "Iowa Story." After CALS Week last week, it really made me take time to think about what he said and I have to agree, "the greatest natural resource in Iowa... [is] the people." 


As always, thanks for reading! I hope you learned a little Agriculture 101, looked into #NationalPorkMonth, and Ashton Kutcher stirred up a little Iowa pride for all you Iowans out there!

Friday, June 13, 2014

How do you start a blog?!

Hello family, friends, and mysterious strangers of the internet! I've spent several hours on the mower contemplating what this first blog post should include. Should it be serious? Or funny? How personal should it get? Should I start off general? Or write about someone famous? How about a cool place I've been? But then thoughts like, "maybe I should wait til I have more time" and "I should hold off until I talk with an experienced blogger" started creeping in. Before I knew it, it had been a month since that warm summer breeze and fresh cut grass smell convinced me I needed to finally get my passion on paper and start blogging.

Today, I decided it was the day. My bucket list for summer is only growing, and I'm learning exciting things worth sharing NOW. At work, as I counted out tickets and sorted envelopes, daydreams of viral agvocacy posts filled my mind. A few clever titles got me even more excited, and by the time I got home I couldn't wait to open my laptop. Finally, once the website was set up and a few got pictures arranged, clearly I was running out of time. After writing down "my roots" I had so many thoughts my head was spinning even more. Please check out that page and come back soon for a more official first post. Thanks for joining the roots journey!




P.S. Aaaahhhhh! It's really happening! I'm actually a blogger!