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 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!
Not only the harvesting fills my heart, but the preserving of it, is my love language. I am without a doubt, an “acts of service” type of person. So, keeping my family full and fed is one way I show my love.
With the help of my girls, we were able to tackle the last lug of pears by canning them into pear sauce which will come in super handy for the new little baby in the months to come. I saved the last few pears for a sweet treat to end the weekend, Salted Caramel Pear Crisp!
I tweaked a new cookie recipe that is everything we love about fall and it’s flavors. I will be sharing it soon, right here. We ended the weekend by grilling Jones Ranch Flatirons that were absolute perfection. Garden tomatoes and cucumber salad were served on this side. This week will bring more preserving as I found 3 more lugs of peaches that made their way to my kitchen.
My daughter brought in two fruit boxes full of all different types of peppers. I have a confession, I have never made stuffed peppers, but I am looking into it. I think they would make a great freezer meal for us when I have the baby. And I need to get creative with all these peppers! So shoot me your best ideas on the Ranch Raised FB page!
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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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