Author Archives: Celeste
Oklahoma FFA Chapter hosts livestock show for special needs students
An FFA chapter at Noble High School in Oklahoma hosts a livestock show each year for special needs students.
The FFA members pair up with the show participants to teach them how to care for their animals, fit/prepare them for a show and then help them exhibit the animals in a show. Continue reading
Baby Harned isn’t a baby anymore…
I’ve thought a lot about how to document the past year on my blog. Instead of trying to capture it in words, I’ve decided to let my photographs narrate the story.
Besides, it’s a lot cuter that way! Continue reading
HSUS sponsors an episode of Curious George
HSUS is an extremist organization that spends less than 1% of their multi-million dollar budget on animal shelters. They don’t operate a single animal shelter!
So why are they sponsoring a Curious George episode about animal shelters? Continue reading
Posted in Farm Life
Tagged animal shelters, Curious George, HSUS, Humane Society of the United States, KET, moms, PBS, PBS Kids, pet shelters, public broadcasting
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Bon voyage, Castle!
At an FFA event in the spring of 2006, I met a girl from the Todd County FFA chapter. A little over a month later, we were elected to be regional officer teammates. Two months after that we set out … Continue reading
A letter to fair-goers from a livestock exhibitor
During my many years showing livestock, my friends and I always talked about what we as livestock exhibitors wished we could tell everyone who attended the Kentucky State Fair. This year, I finally took the time to write it all … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Livestock Showing
Tagged fair goers, kentucky state fair, livestock shows, pig show, show pigs, State Fair
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How to cook fresh green beans
My absolute favorite thing about summer is fresh produce. I grew up with a huge garden and if there was one thing my parents knew how to grow it was green beans. In fact, my brother “Bud” and I started … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged country ham, fresh green beans, green beans, how to, recipe, Southern cooking, southern style
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My Sister the Pork Movie Star
On this blog, I often write about complex aspects of food and farming and interact with my predominately adult readers. My sister Renee, on the other hand, has always preferred to teach children about our farm. She’s brought our pigs … Continue reading
Gardening with our nieces
Every summer, my nieces from Louisville come spend a few weeks in West Kentucky with their grandparents. Its always a lot of fun for us because we get to share our day to day lives with them instead of just … Continue reading
Join the “pizza party” and thank Domino’s for supporting family farmers!
When I was in college, my roommate got Aaron and I hooked on her family’s Friday night tradition: “pizza night.” Like most broke college students, we chose which shop to order from based on one factor: which was the cheapest? … Continue reading
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Meet Baby Harned
Its been over a month since my last post and my what a month it has been! On March 21, Aaron and I finally got to meet Baby Harned face to face. Lorelei Anne was born at 1:43 a.m. weighing … Continue reading
