Perhaps It's Time To Stop Apologizing For Fat...

By feedyardfoodie.com
on March 24, 2015
How often do you eat a steak, an omelet, or cook with real butter? What kind of milk is in your refrigerator?...more

When Your Husband Needs You For Your Manure...

By feedyardfoodie.com
on February 12, 2015
Matt and I have a unique relationship. In addition to being soul mates and the parents of our three girls, we also partner together to manage our farm.Our farm is diversified – we grow both crops and cattle – with my favorite farmer manning the helm of the crop farm and me working as the boss lady at the cattle feed yard. We run the two facets of the farm independently, but collaborate on a daily basis. Manure provides common ground when you are managing a diversified farm....more

Common Ground: My Farm and New York City...

By feedyardfoodie.com
on January 27, 2015
Over the years, I have made a couple of trips to New York City to visit college friends as well as to do some volunteer promotion work for the Beef Check Off.  My perspective of the world broadens a bit every time that I venture into the Big Apple as it is incredibly different from my family’s farm in Nebraska....more
Green

Environmental Sustainability Needs All Smarts On Deck

By feedyardfoodie.com
on May 02, 2013
My involvement in social media has taught me many things, but likely the most important lesson is what a huge role perception plays in "virtual conversations".  Over the past two years, I have achieved a tremendous amount of personal growth by being exposed to the truly broad range of ideas and thoughts of other bloggers.  ...more
By feedyardfoodie.com
@mrssharp If we look hard enough, I think that we can find some common ground.  I know that we ...more

Empowering Myself as a Woman Entrepreneur…

By feedyardfoodie.com
on March 19, 2013
I remember vividly as a child listening to my grandfather say, “Anne, strive to be unemployable!”  My grandfather’s definition of a successful entrepreneur was someone who owns and operates a personal business.  He wanted me to be my own Boss Lady....more
Work/Life

Feeding Body and Soul: How Growing Our Food Enhances Spirituality

By feedyardfoodie.com
on January 08, 2013
I am what some would call a cradle Episcopalian.  I was raised a member of Bethesda By The Sea Episcopal church in Palm Beach, Florida; and have spent my adult life a part of the family of St. Christopher’s in Cozad, Nebraska....more
Food

Antibiotic Use in Food Animals: The Perspective of a Cattle Farmer and a Mom...

By feedyardfoodie.com
on December 11, 2012
I am a take charge person.  I am a person of action.  I am a planner.  It is very difficult for me to let things go and not be in the driver’s seat.  There is nothing that shakes my world up more than one of my children having a serious illness.  I can handle it when I am sick, but it shakes my foundation when it is one of my kids....more
By mrssharp
As someone that eats organic food, grass-fed beef and all that good stuff. I do look for farms ...more
Food

Meatful Mondays...

By feedyardfoodie.com
on November 13, 2012
This fall, my favorite 7thgrader developed a tendency to role her eyes at me during family discussions.  I adopted a new policy at the Feed Yard Foodie house to counteract this unacceptable habit—every eye roll is equal to 10 push-ups....more
Food

Redefining Breakfast...

By feedyardfoodie.com
on August 28, 2012
Our house has always been a “cereal and fruit” breakfast place.  Most of that stems from the fact that I go to work before 6:00am every morning so my girls have learned to fend for themselves.  Cereal and fruit require little cooking and are fast and easy to fix…...more
Food

The Drought, Part 3---Adversity = Opportunity!

By feedyardfoodie.com
on August 09, 2012
I have a sign up in my house that reads “Adversity = Opportunity”.  I truly believe that adversity make us stronger and provides the opportunity for improvement.  When I look back on my life, it is obvious that each personal challenge has made me a stronger and more empathetic person....more