The Deere Milkmaid

Resolve to BE…v.2019

Who you are can make your world a better place. It's a new year...resolve to Be, not just Do.

It Still Shouldn’t Be This Hard.

One of the challenges of our privileged times of choice and plenty: We want what we already have and we want a label for it...it really shouldn't be this hard.

The Rules of Hate.

You don't get to darken a sad, shameful, hate filled corner of Twitter and agriculture without someone noticing.

The One With the unBroken Girl.

Once I stopped thinking that I was broken I got back to the pursuit of being me.

Choosing Hope and Finding Community.

As farmers our strength is our community, and we are more than willing to return that favour by being the backbone of our communities.

The Long Way Home.

Sometimes, taking the long way home is exactly what's needed.

Team Dinners, Cow Bells and The Hometown Team

No Bulldog has every gone hungry the night before a game...those scrappy, tough, never give up even when the cards are stacked against them Bulldogs.

A Quiet Walk.

They all come home to this one place and this one place becomes their home.

Rural America, Big Cities and Street Corners.

Fast paced living mistakes a slower way of life for slower thinking, and country road travelers assume city street commuters don't know where they are going.

Dairy Farming, John Deere, Field Hockey, Canada and Me.

"the more we share, the more we know, the more opportunity we all have to make our world go 'round a little better."

Gimme the Jimmies.

Summer should always have ice cream. And Ice cream should always have Jimmies.

It Shouldn’t Be This Hard.

One of the challenges of our privileged times of choice and plenty: We want what we already have and we want a label for it...it really shouldn't be this hard.

It’s never an easy road, being a woman, but neither is being a farmer-that must be why there are so many fields, tractors, barns and homes where you will find a woman who proudly calls herself a dairy farmer.

Stuck On A Plane With My New Boss.

Sometimes you get the whole row on the plane to yourself…other times you wind up sitting next to your new boss.

Deere Dad.

Know when to hitch your wagon and when to take the wheel...

Resolve to BE…v.2016

Who you are can make your world a better place. It's 2016...resolve to Be, not just Do.

Family at the Table.

When family finds its way to the table for the holiday reward them with Billie Jo Krebs' Blueberry-Lemon Cheesecake Squares.

A Day for Veterans.

So on this eleventh day of the eleventh month we pause to remember all who have served; those still with us and those who are not; some whose names are on signs and some whose names are forgotten. We may forget their names but we cannot forget their sacrifice and duty.

This Man I Did Not Know.

His years of sacrifice, service and devotion are not wasted and certainly not forgotten. ... all that I know to be right, just and free I owe to all those names and faces I never knew…including this man I did not know.

Born to Be.

Who were you Born to Be? I may not have been born a dairy farmer, but I was born to be one.

The Audacity to Talk About the Science.

If they are willing and wanting to silence the farmer, and if they are desperate to silence the scientist, then who is it that is supposed to speak?
...Someone with the audacity to talk about the Science.

Waste and Want.

Food waste is an integral part of the sustainability conversation for farmers, not only as a renewable energy source but also as part of the solution for hunger in a time where we farmers truly are capable of feeding the world.

Cougars and Cows.

Every town has its team and something to make them special. It just so happens that Dixfield, Maine has its Cougars and its cows.

I am an agvocate 365.

There is nothing wrong with being a good advocate. There is nothing wrong with being passionate. And ...there is nothing wrong with being a good farmer.

It’s a Well Deserved, Wonderful Life.

It is, indeed, a well deserved, wonderful life for we dairy farmers, milk truck drivers and everyone who works to get our milk to your table.

Just Ask Me.

I'm their farmer. I will tell you the truth. It may not be the truth you want because sometimes it isn't pretty and sometimes it's messy, but I will tell you and you will know the truth. Just ask me.

This Man I Did Not Know.

...all that I know to be right, just and free I owe to many I do not know.

Just Smile.

...along with all the blessings of being a farmer there are the heartaches and pain that sometimes drown out all the good things. But because we are farmers we don't step back long because it's okay to get riled up. It's more than okay to fight for what's right. It is never wrong to protect your own, we just have to do it between milkings and after the crops are in... and we have to remember to #justsmile.

So this Milkmaid walks into a bar….

"These are the kind of moments that you can’t buy: someone WANTS to hear you tell them why your family farm is such a great asset to its community; why your family farm is hell bent on caring for your animals and the land; why the milk your cows produce is some of the highest quality, safest and most nutritious out there. This is one of those perfect, golden opportunities that only happens when you step off that farm and engage the person who doesn’t know a thing about you or your farm."

Trust in Me.

This calf trusts...Not what is popular or emotional but what’s right for her-which may be different than what’s prettiest for the consumer or easiest for the farmer and employees.

Jun 20

Deere Dad.

So for those with us, for those who have left us, for those who stepped up, and for those who stumbled and those who never wavered, Happy Father’s Day.

May 27

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A Quiet Walk.

We are a nation of many, a nation of differences; a union of opinions, a union of dissent...and yet so many come home to this one place and this one place becomes their home.

Jan 1

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Resolve to BE…v.2019

Who you are can make your world a better place. It's a new year...resolve to Be, not just Do.

Jan 26

It Still Shouldn’t Be This Hard.

One of the challenges of our privileged times of choice and plenty: We want what we already have and we want a label for it...it really shouldn't be this hard.

Dec 12

5 Comments

The Rules of Hate.

You don't get to darken a sad, shameful, hate filled corner of Twitter and agriculture without someone noticing.

Nov 25

10 Comments

The One With the unBroken Girl.

Once I stopped thinking that I was broken I got back to the pursuit of being me.

Oct 12

Choosing Hope and Finding Community.

As farmers our strength is our community, and we are more than willing to return that favour by being the backbone of our communities.

Oct 5

2 Comments

The Long Way Home.

Sometimes, taking the long way home is exactly what's needed.

Sep 21

Team Dinners, Cow Bells and The Hometown Team

No Bulldog has every gone hungry the night before a game...those scrappy, tough, never give up even when the cards are stacked against them Bulldogs.

May 29

4 Comments

A Quiet Walk.

They all come home to this one place and this one place becomes their home.

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