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For many, 4-H becomes a way of life, for the rest of their life. Thanks for celebrating National 4-H Week with me right here on Ranch Raised. 

4-H engages, enables and empowers more than 6 million young people every day, and this year’s annual 4-H Week reminds us that every child has valuable strengths and real influence to improve the world around us with a theme of “I  ❤ 4-H”.  

All this to say that while we are all in the thick up of it during this active fall season. Please, slow down and think. Please, be safe. Please, take care of one another and most importantly yourself when you are out there doing this work. 

Maybe it is just us, maybe it is just this season? Maybe it is looking around and knowing that you will never get the to-do list done.

A study just released this week by the University of Nebraska magnifies the rising cost of raising cattle in “the beef state”. According to their findings, “Average annual production costs rose approximately $300 per cow compared to the previous year.”

How lucky are we to live in a part of the world were we get to use all of our senses to feast on the changing of the seasons. 

You can bet we will be celebrating National Biscuits and Gravy Week in my kitchen as this is one of my family’s favorite meals! And don’t forget to teach your kids how to make gravy as it is truly a rite of passage to a successful adulthood!

So, maybe this is my challenge to all of us during this busy back to school season. Let’s get our tables cleaned off and get some feet under it! 

How often are you able to sit at a table, in your home and enjoy a meal with every member of your immediate family in attendance? I’m going to bring you more food for thought, during Family Meals Month, here in September!

Yesterday was a classic example of a sociological experiment that needs to studied by American society. A national coffee chain offered some cheap, Chinese made toys with purchase of a couple large drinks.