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!
Thank you for winding through the work week with me, right here on Ranch Raised.
The days are ticking and flying by. The holiday hustle and bustle has dust flying and wrapping paper rolling, or anyway that is what they tell me. I tend to keep it pretty simple. I look around at what is available to me in my rural area and make my gift giving lists based on what I can get locally.
I figure my family members can all purchase their own stuff off of Amazon. But it takes special foresight to grab a gift certificate to a local coffee shop, café, or steakhouse. It takes some thought to pick up an evergreen centerpiece from the local flower shop or green house. It takes care to check out the local small-town boutiques and pick out a special jewelry piece or grab a gift certificate. And like I said yesterday, the lumber yard usually has a quiet a few of my needs!
I bet if you really think about it, the small-town businesses around you can take care of you better than you think.
What shopping locally saves me in time and energy is valuable. What shopping locally returns in value to my community is priceless. As I’ve said before, this holiday season, “Be Vocal, Shop Local.”
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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.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
