If there's one thing I've learned this year it's that the flu is no respecter of persons. I kind of felt smug, like if we kept taking our vitamins and eating healthy we were going to get missed this year. We took a trip to Cincinnati, gave a presentation about the farm and where food comes from to a bunch of kids, had some fun, and then had our first little clue that maybe something was going to happen. After the presentation one of the little girls came up to us and said, "h

Lately, Daron has been like a stereotypical, seasoned farmer sitting in his favorite recliner after playing a traveling farm vet by day and dedicated farmer by night. There he sits in the golden glow of the reading lamp with a stack of farm magazines sitting on his lap, feet propped up on the foot rest. Every so often he might call out as he reads a section or two of the latest chicken trends, fencing solutions, or who knows what else. (This is where it would help the story i