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!
We’ve made it through January people and for that we all deserve a drink! Thanks for meeting me right here on Ranch Raised.
How appropriate that we see January out the door by celebrating today as it is National Hot Cocoa day!!
The history of this piping hot drink goes back to 500 BC when the Mayans drank chocolate made from crushed cocoa seeds mixed in with water and chili peppers. In the 1500s explorer Cortez carried cocoa beans and tools for making hot chocolate with him to Europe.
In 1876 Swiss Chocolatier Daniel Peter created the first milk chocolate by combining powdered milk with chocolate. This gave way to the popular hot chocolate manufacturer Swiss Miss which started selling its first powdered hot chocolate that could be mixed with water instead of milk in 1961!
Here we are today with cups of cocoa being a part of so many childhood memories for all of us!
How do you like to dress yours up your hot chocolate? With white chocolate, raspberry, or “loaded” with marshmallows, whip, sprinkles, a peppermint spoon, and chocolate drizzle! Tell me all about it on the Ranch Raised FB page! Cheers and lets raise a cup of cocoa today to saying good bye to January.
Stay warm, stay safe, and have a great day from all of us at this great American radio station!
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.
[email protected] or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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