Well, the headline may mislead you but I’m okay with that. The Christmas shopping help didn’t come in the form of carrying bags, picking out items, etc but as I started wrapping the gifts that were going to go under trees, I realized several of them started with a seed planted on a farm. [...]
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Happy Father’s Day to Great Daddy Bloggers
Several weeks ago I saw an article on the Cision blog that I had to flag for later. In the past few weeks, it has come across my mind many times. As we get closer to Father’s Day, I decided to take a few minutes and write a blog post about some of the thoughts [...]

If You Love Bacon, Have I Got Ideas for You! Blogging & Shopping!
Recently I’ve noticed that bacon seems to be the meat generating a lot of buzz. Think about it, how many things can you think of that are better with a little bit of bacon? Scallops, shrimp, filets, burgers, eggs… I’ve even had bacon wrapped water chestnuts! Now, what makes bacon better? My only thoughts are [...]

Charity Starts at Home with the Farm & Local Community Organizations
Two Saturdays in a row I’ve made the drive out to a town some of us affectionately known as Hooterville to see my farming friends Marjory & Bob. It wasn’t to see where the crop was — we’re so early in the early that most of the work is field prep and fertility. But it’s [...]

Posting A Lot of Info to the Farm Bureau Blog
I was thinking…. I’ve been doing a WHOLE LOTTA BLOGGING and some of you may have missed it! So, here are links to the blog posts I’ve written the last several days as a guest blogger during the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting. There have been lots of new experiences since so I’m sure [...]
AgChat Foundation (#ACFC10) Training Photos Part 3
What an incredible experience with incredible people! I am sure that I will be energized for a while after the AgChat Foundation’s first training conference, tweeted as #ACFC10. Silly that I got referred to as a presenter because I was a learner in a big way! Granted I had a few tips that maybe others [...]
AgChat Foundation (#ACFC10) Photos Continued
Going to let the pictures tell the story. Forgot my camera part of the day and still got crazy numbers of pictures! Life is good! And I am tired but happy! If you missed the pre-show photos, you can catch them here. Help me with some of the names cause I have TOTALLY OVERLOADED MY [...]
AgChat Foundation Conference (#ACFC10) Early Arrivals
It’s finally here! Months of planning by the training committee and lots of planning and excitement on behalf of the many participants & presenters is finally being realized! The excitement is clear! And finally the AgChat Foundation is here! WOO HOO! Here are a bunch of photos for those who are watching from afar to [...]
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G is for GMOs — What are GMOs & Why Do Farmers Plant GMO Crops?
April 8, 2013
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A is for Agriculture — an A to Z Series about Agriculture
April 1, 2013
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Cotton Gin in Kansas Made Me Pump My Brakes
February 19, 2013
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Stereotype Busters And A Need to Vent
March 1, 2013
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E is for Elevator — an A to Z Series about Agriculture
April 5, 2013
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Farmers are Planning For Cotton Harvest as They Plant Cotton
May 22, 2013
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Sticks & Stones May Break My Bones, But Abercrombie Clothes Will Never Fit Me
May 21, 2013
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How to Edit Mobile Photos Quickly & Without Expensive Software
May 19, 2013
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Reviving My Series of Food Polls With Apples! Which is your favorite?
May 17, 2013
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Left Wordless By Visiting a Flower Farm — Lots of Irises & Peonies!
May 14, 2013
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Who is JP?
Thanks for stopping by and wondering what I am about. My passions are photography, travel and agriculture -- love spending time taking pictures on a farm far from home. Putting all those things together its understandable that differences in culture are intriguing to me…. I can spend a lot of time soaking up things. Its almost always a colorful adventure!




