Agriculture
- What Makes A Farmer, Producer, Rancher...
Living in a itty bitty town, one 4-way stop light, and neighbors 1 or 2 miles away is the life for me. I don't live on a great huge farm, honestly I live on a very tiny farm. I have 15 chickens, a golden retriever, a heifer (lives at a different farm),...
- First Generation Farmers
Today we welcome Shea Lowe. Her family are first generation farmers in Kentucky! With hard work they are making their dreams come true - being involved in agriculture! We are located in Murray, KY (Western KY, just west of the Land between the Lakes...
- Jamie Rhoades
Hi everyone, I?m Jamie Rhoades. I blog over at This Uncharted Rhoade and I am also one of the girls ?behind the scenes? here at Faces of Agriculture. While we share everyone else?s story, we thought it was about time to share our own also (look for Elizabeth?s...
- Gayle Anderson
Welcome Gayle, a farm wife who is determined to help put a face to agriculture and connect consumers with the farmers who produce their food. Hi, my name is Gayle Anderson and I am married to a 4th generation farmer in North Idaho. I began my...
- Lauren Chase
Meet Lauren Chase - she wasn't raised in an agricultural setting, but through an internship she found her way and is now a great advocate for agriculture! I live in Helena, Montana ? Big Sky Country, but I wasn?t raised as a Montana girl. I am originally...
Agriculture
It's a Legacy!
This week I am honoring farmer, ranchers and producers, Thursday is Thank a Farmer Thursday, it's important to me personally, as well as others. But why thank them? Who cares? Thank them because they supply us with products, and care because they care about you.
Today, the average U.S. farmer feeds 155 people. In 1960, a farmer fed just 26 people. American farmers ship more than $100 billion of their crops and products to many nations. Farmers are a direct lifeline to more than 24 million U.S. jobs in all kinds of industries. U.S. farmers produce about 40 percent of the world's corn, using only 20 percent of the total area harvested in the world.
These facts, say it all. Let's take it back a couple years when these farmers great great great grandfathers started up a little ole' farm maybe with a cow and some chickens. This isn't true for everyone, just simply, a example. Back then you either lived and worked on a farm or lived in the city. Agriculture was very important for the United States to develop, who was the first people to set foot in America? Pilgrims . As the story goes, the "friendly Indians" helped out the pilgrims showing them how to grow produce and from there everything started to spread like wildfire. They are yet forgotten and often looked over, but when in the presents of myself, they are honored and respected..they are farmers.
Today, the average U.S. farmer feeds 155 people. In 1960, a farmer fed just 26 people. American farmers ship more than $100 billion of their crops and products to many nations. Farmers are a direct lifeline to more than 24 million U.S. jobs in all kinds of industries. U.S. farmers produce about 40 percent of the world's corn, using only 20 percent of the total area harvested in the world.
These facts, say it all. Let's take it back a couple years when these farmers great great great grandfathers started up a little ole' farm maybe with a cow and some chickens. This isn't true for everyone, just simply, a example. Back then you either lived and worked on a farm or lived in the city. Agriculture was very important for the United States to develop, who was the first people to set foot in America? Pilgrims . As the story goes, the "friendly Indians" helped out the pilgrims showing them how to grow produce and from there everything started to spread like wildfire. They are yet forgotten and often looked over, but when in the presents of myself, they are honored and respected..they are farmers.
- What Makes A Farmer, Producer, Rancher...
Living in a itty bitty town, one 4-way stop light, and neighbors 1 or 2 miles away is the life for me. I don't live on a great huge farm, honestly I live on a very tiny farm. I have 15 chickens, a golden retriever, a heifer (lives at a different farm),...
- First Generation Farmers
Today we welcome Shea Lowe. Her family are first generation farmers in Kentucky! With hard work they are making their dreams come true - being involved in agriculture! We are located in Murray, KY (Western KY, just west of the Land between the Lakes...
- Jamie Rhoades
Hi everyone, I?m Jamie Rhoades. I blog over at This Uncharted Rhoade and I am also one of the girls ?behind the scenes? here at Faces of Agriculture. While we share everyone else?s story, we thought it was about time to share our own also (look for Elizabeth?s...
- Gayle Anderson
Welcome Gayle, a farm wife who is determined to help put a face to agriculture and connect consumers with the farmers who produce their food. Hi, my name is Gayle Anderson and I am married to a 4th generation farmer in North Idaho. I began my...
- Lauren Chase
Meet Lauren Chase - she wasn't raised in an agricultural setting, but through an internship she found her way and is now a great advocate for agriculture! I live in Helena, Montana ? Big Sky Country, but I wasn?t raised as a Montana girl. I am originally...