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Columns, Farm Life

Bigger than breakfast, part 2: Eggs

A food with these properties can either anchor or support a dish at any time of day

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It’s hard to ignore the pejorative meanings of the word “egg” lurking under the straw scattered about the henhouse. So let’s just call out a few to clear the air: “egghead” is slang for a smart person; “egg on your face” means you’ve messed up and are embarrassed; “egging someone on” is to encourage foolish […] Read more
A farm’s founders and successors alike need clarity of expectations.
Columns, Farm Life

Write the first draft now for your next chapter

You no longer have the luxury of avoiding hard conversations

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Imagine how wonderful life would be on your farm if you did not have to guess what other folks on your farm team really want for their lives, and for the farm business? I had the great joy of speaking to 540 young Iowa farmers last month. Many of them are stuck in getting equity […] Read more
Dusting Liège waffles with icing sugar is optional.
Columns, Farm Life

Bigger than breakfast, part 1: Liège waffles

Unlike for the modern waffle, this batter needs a head start of a day or two

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In early May 2018, I spent a few days in Vancouver with my youngest son Dailyn and his partner Rachel. They were both running in the Vancouver marathon, and I was running my first half-marathon. I couldn’t think of a better place to enter the game: a flat, fast course, the seawall, Stanley Park. I […] Read more
In rare instances people are born with the sciatic nerve travelling through the piriformis muscle, meaning a greater likelihood of sciatica symptoms.
Farm Life

Sciatica, the proverbial pain in the butt

Overcoming it means paying attention to how you move and how you face stress

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A common complaint I see in my clinic is sciatica. Sciatica can be a blanket diagnosis for pain in the hip, buttocks and down the leg. It’s labelled “sciatica” because often the sciatic nerve — a nerve that exits at the base of your spine and travels down the back of your legs, can be […] Read more
Would you be able to sit with your thoughts and feelings just a while to consider how you are aging and managing in place on your farm?
Columns, Farm Life

Being an emotionally strong farm parent

Strong-willed and independent people might consider a self-coaching approach

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Tis the season of farm meetings, where the speakers will talk about business and “keeping the emotion” out of business using data to make concrete decisions. I don’t debate this approach for grain marketing, but I highly doubt stuffing emotions on the farm creates clarity of expectations or happy outcomes. Recently I met Carolyn Stern, […] Read more
Grated and diced apples can add texture to muffins.
Apples, Columns, Farm Life

Winter fruit, part 3: The versatility of apples

Apples add character to a dish, even when not the star ingredient

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I first saw Meryl Streep in 1979 in Kramer vs. Kramer and then in Sophie’s Choice. Both earned her Oscars. A wonderful string of movies followed: Manhattan, Silkwood, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Hours and Out of Africa, to name a few. In 1990 at the Screen Actors’ Guild national women’s conference, Streep spoke out […] Read more
It’s possible that lingering emotions from past stress may spawn fear of failure for the farm’s future finances.
Farm Life

Create more financial transparency with your farm team

Farm partners need to be able to be frank about their financial realities

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Where is “You don’t talk about money!” written in the farm family rule book? Recently on a coaching call, a farm family admitted a huge “undiscussabull” within the family had caused great stress to their over-40-year-old son. This non-farming son did not have any clue about the profitability of the farm, what the parents needed […] Read more
The temperature in a warm-to-hot shower or bath can help support a healthy vagal tone in the body.
Columns, Farm Life

Support the nervous system for whole health

Fit to Farm: Stimulating the vagus nerve can help you deal with stress-related conditions

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If you’ve read my articles before, you may know I am a total nervous system nerd. The nervous system is the mechanism of direction and feedback for our soft tissue which, in turn, moves our skeleton and connective tissues. The nervous system has sensory and motor pathways throughout the entire body, including our musculature, organs, […] Read more
Blueberries from last summer, when it was too hot to even consider canning, were kept frozen until the arrival of better jam-making weather.
Columns, Farm Life, Fruit/Vegetables

Fruits in a Prairie winter, part 1: Blueberries

Picked fresh or cooked into favourite foods, those purple berries leave their mark in memories

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Last week I made jam from blueberries I had frozen last summer, when it was just too hot to consider canning. Stirring the pot reminded me of other lovely ways and words with the blue fruit. “The way the night tastes” is how the U.S. poet W.S. Merwin described blueberries. Another poet, Mary Oliver, wrote […] Read more

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