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This month on Ranch Raised I’m going to help you with my tips and tidbits about finding the best gifts in your little communities. My motto has always been, “Be Vocal! Buy Local!”

Did you know that December is “Root Vegetable Month”? So, let’s “dig in”….see what I did there?!?! 

With the last day of November here, I guess it is time to say good bye to the season that carries more gold in its pockets than any other! 

When most people are looking at their holiday schedules, zig zagging around the country, people like us are just taking it day by day, working through the tasks that have to be completed in order for all beings, both 2 and 4 legged to be happy and healthy because it is what we have been called to do.  

Wow, what a legacy Mr Cooper left behind with a simple act of kindness that would touch generations of young men. I think Mr Cooper would agree with me that there is some about the outside of livestock that is good for the inside of young people.  

It has often been said that every youth is just one caring adult away from being a success story. I bet we can all think of caring adults from our youth that inspired us or cheered us on to success. Many of them may have been anchored in one of the many wonderful youth organizations in our country.  

The farmer’s share of every dollar consumers spend on food has fallen from 50 percent in 1952 to less than 15 percent today. Even though consumers are paying more for food this year, almost none of that is being passed on to America’s family farmers and ranchers.    

I hope you have arrived safely at your destination and are enjoying the bounties of someone’s harvest and the company of family and friends. I hope that your table of full of great food and your favorite people gathered around it. 

We know that some of you, and us included, will be missing loved ones this holiday season. 
There’ll be an empty chair at our table, and an ache in our hearts.