Ranch Raised

Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Episode 237

When I made my Ranch Raised pregnancy announcement a few weeks back, I referenced that I had moved back in to the fall calving herd. If you remember back to this summer, I shared that we had to make the hard decision, because of the drought, to sell our fall calving herd. So our usual days of finding fall born baby calves in the tall grass is just a memory this year. [READ MORE…]

Ranch Raised

Ranch Raised – Episode 236

I love weekends like the one we just had here at the Jones Ranch! The weather was mild and beautiful. We didn’t have much going on away from the ranch, so I was able to focus on what needed done in my kitchen and garden. One of my favorite things about fall is the harvesting of the bounty! [READ MORE…]

From Washington with John Block

From Washington with John Block: Inflation

Let me open by reading a statement from Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA). “Without a robust rural America, people in the city are going to wake up hungry, and the more I learn about cotton, they’re going to wake up naked too.” I like that quote. We don’t want the consuming public to forget the essential value of the farmers, ranchers, and whole ag industry. [READ MORE…]

Ranch Raised

Ranch Raised – Episode 234

I have been doing a lot of thinking about this subject after I listened to a recent podcast on the Old Fashion On Purpose channel. We have become a nation that decades ago started abandoning the principle that the home was a place of production and instead morphed into this place of consumption. [READ MORE…]

Ranch Raised

Ranch Raised – Episode 233

As I left off yesterday telling you about my productive canning weekend, I also left you with a teaser. I am not an avid podcast listener. I want to be because there are so many great ones out there that appeal to me, but I always forget to put podcasts on in the car or when I’m folding laundry. But this weekend. I thought “why not fill the kitchen with some background noise while canning?!?” [READ MORE…]