Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
I know that Ranch Raised is in its infancy but I thought it would be fun to round out the year with Top 3 highlights of 2021!
It is no secret that I have an obsession with feeding and providing for my family all of the home grown “stuff”! It is like I thrive on the personal challenge of filling our panty and freezer with all of things we have raised. I am seriously delighted when I stand in front of my canning shelves filled with jellies, fruits, and veggies of every color, a freezer full of homegrown meat or I have a basket full of colorful eggs on the counter.
I know I made more strawberry rhubarb pies in 2021 than any other year. I’m actually considering finding more rhubarb plants because what I have in the ground struggles to keep up with my family’s consumption.
It was a record setting pepper year in my garden! I planted more than ever before. I was completely overwhelmed by peppers. I will probably do it again because I guess I like that kind of weird torture. It forced me into a new canning recipe of pickled peppers and making my own brine. And the verdict is, Marty and I have a new favorite home canned item. We cannot get enough of these pickled peppers on everything!
I had a canning awakening, so to speak. I stopped canning salsa in pint jars because after all when you eat salsa like my family does, we need it in quarts so that it last more than one meal!
So there you have it! My #3 highlight of 2021 was all bounty that we raised or foraged around here to feed our family!
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Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 3 daughters near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her current role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
You can hear her almost every Friday on Your Ag Network’s Hot Barn Report that is broadcast on 60 radio stations with coverage in 9 states, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and highlights R-CALF’s work on industry reforms. Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
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