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!
Happy Monday and thanks for starting your week with us right here on Ranch Raised.
This weekend my two youngest and I got to do something that we love, going to our local greenhouse and getting our hands in some dirt! We are blessed to have a greenhouse that offers different classes and we take full advantage.
Last month we took their succulent planting class and each of my daughters planted their own succulent planters for their bedrooms. I loved watching them pick out different pots and plants.
This weekend there was a hanging basket class. WOW! With hundreds of flowers to choose from in the greenhouse it was almost overwhelming.
I have some very happy girls who have gotten in some early spring “dirt therapy” and maybe even knocked out a few 4-H projects. But what I definitely know is these experiences are sparking a passion with in them to get in the dirt and grow something!
In the state of the world right now, I can think of no better life skill to help our kids develop than learning to grow plants which will translate in to learning to grow their food. So while my girls loved picking and potting beautiful plants. I loved watching them fall in love with working in the dirt and nurturing a vision of things they want to grow.
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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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