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Morning Routine While Working From Home

Currently, working from home is likely a new territory for a lot of us—it definitely is for me. Turning your home into your office space can be tricky, and it’s even more difficult to separate work life and personal life when they’re happening in...

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Features & Highlights

Cow headband
March 25, 2020

Stay-at-Home Kids Crafts and Activities

With just a few items, you can keep your kids busy while you try...
High Bar Cattle Company
March 24, 2020

Meet a Female Rancher

Imagine it’s late spring in Kansas.
pizza casserole
March 20, 2020

Minimal Ingredient Meals

We're all looking for simple, delicious meals to feed ourselves...
March 18, 2020

Does soy increase estrogen in males?

As a food blogger, I get asked a lot of questions.
March 18, 2020

Tips for Hosting Easter Dinner

Easter signals Spring and after the long winter months here in...
Prescribed fire in Kansas
March 9, 2020

Why do they burn pastures in Kansas?

While it might seem hard to believe, plumes of spring smoke in...
butternut-squash-and-goat-cheese-ravioli
March 5, 2020

Ravioli Recipes

These ravioli recipes are creamy, cheesy and delicious. 
farmer using a tablet in a field
February 27, 2020

Broadband: a building block of modern life

For those of us living in a city, broadband internet is almost...
5G connection
February 18, 2020

Closing the Digital Divide

The past few months, there has been a lot of talk about 5G...
kansas wildflowers
February 17, 2020

A Guide to Kansas Wildflowers

Driving past a field of wildflowers is an exhilarating ride of...
scientific research
February 17, 2020

Scientific Research

Imagine spotting the headline, "Study shows chocolate...
Brandi Buzzard family 2
February 10, 2020

Trusting Animal Agriculture

Are you looking for someone to tell you the truth about meat...
February 10, 2020

10 Simple Things for a Healthier and Happier Home

Boost Relaxing Scents and Sounds
football
February 10, 2020

Agriculture's Winning Role in the Super Bowl

After a 50-year drought, the Kansas City Chiefs found themselves...
solarenergy
February 7, 2020

Renewable Energy in Kansas: Harnessing the Sun

Drive through Kansas long enough and you’ll see wind turbines...
picolet_oatfedbeef
February 7, 2020

Ranchers Feed Cattle Oats for Health Benefits

In the 1980s and ’90s, Quaker Oats ran commercials featuring...
healthcare_pachecos
February 7, 2020

Offering Healthy Savings for Kansas Families

Kansans switching from high-priced health insurance to Kansas...
February 7, 2020

Fly Boy Brewery and Eats

What began as a beermaking kit for Christmas has turned into a...
lamb
February 7, 2020

Health Benefits of Lamb

When we think of superheroes, we typically think of bigwigs like...
February 7, 2020

Farming Legacies

Wilhelm Berges would have walked more than 20 miles from Seneca...
February 3, 2020

Soups, Stews, Chilis and Chowders

Get through the winter months with these delicious, warm,...
water conservation on the farm
January 30, 2020

Water Conservation on the Farm

It’s late January and the planting season is still weeks away as...
January 6, 2020

Celebrate Pie Day

January 23 is Pie Day. No, not Pi Day, but Pie Day.
January 3, 2020

Sustainable Farming in Southeast Kansas

Despite growing up in an urban environment, Ted Cambern Jr. is...
December 18, 2019

Four Healthy Habits to Establish in the New Year

The new year is quickly approaching, and for most that means...
December 18, 2019

10 Things You May Not Know About Young Farm Women

Before I started writing about farm families in Kansas, my...
Little Jerusalem State Park in Kansas
December 16, 2019

Little Jerusalem State Park

When was the last time you gasped in wonder at nature so...
December 11, 2019

Food Waste Solutions

“Starving children in China would love to have those peas.”
December 6, 2019

20 Recipes to Try in December

December means snow, hot chocolate, Christmas and enjoying our...
November 20, 2019

11 Grocery Shopping Tips

Whether we enjoy it or not, we all know grocery shopping is a...
November 5, 2019

Top 5 Unexpected Uses for Your Life Insurance Policy

Nobody likes to think about life insurance, but it’s essential...
November 5, 2019

The Economics of Exports

In 2019, international trade was in the news spotlight seemingly...
November 5, 2019

Happy Holidays from Kansas

Share a bit of Kansas this holiday season through holiday gift...
November 5, 2019

Wreaths for Warriors

On Oct. 17, 2006, Corporal David Unger, a young man from...
November 5, 2019

Meet Your New Nutrition Label

If being an adult means getting upset when they rearrange your...
November 5, 2019

A Pecan Farm in Kansas Comes Full Circle

The trees at Circle’s Pecans in McCune have been lovingly tended...
November 4, 2019

20 Recipes to Try in November

November is here, and we are thankful for all things food.
October 14, 2019

28 Random Acts of Kindness

Yes, random acts of kindness do take some planning – they rarely...
Cooked Steak
October 2, 2019

The Dish on Animal Protein

The idea of eliminating animal meat products from the diet to...
October 2, 2019

20 Recipes to Try in October

October is a month for soups, all things pumpkin spice and...