Agriculture

Breaking News: Dairy Cows Aren’t Sad or Angry at Humans

Breaking News: Dairy Cows Aren’t Sad or Angry at Humans

Dairy cows aren’t sad or angry at humans mainly because they don’t have human emotions. Only humans have human emotions. Hard to fathom, I know. Human emotions wrote this piece about giving up milk and how terrible dairy cows (and by extension, all farm animals) have...

Corn Sharks

Corn Sharks

This was a talk I gave around Father’s Day near San Jose, CA when we lived there for a short time. Hopefully I’ll be able to add to the Spirit that we’ve been able to feel today so far. I would first just like to publicly thank each of you for being so welcoming to...

Raw Potatoes and Marriage

Raw Potatoes and Marriage

Growing up on a farm, I was able to see the planting, growing, and harvesting of a variety of different crops. Wheat, potatoes, beans, corn, peppermint, sugar beets, and alfalfa made every summer a torture for my trusty shovel and me. As we worked, I saw a very...

My Life as a Chicken-Fibber

My Life as a Chicken-Fibber

The 9 year-old me walked through the front door on a sunny May afternoon, tired from a long day at school. Dad also walked through the door. “Did you get the chickens fed?” he asked. Feeding the farm fowl was one of many dreaded chores that plagued my childhood....