Stress Management for Farmers

Men and women manage stress differently! Farming and stress go hand-in-hand. Understanding how to manage stress – and how your partner’s needs might be different than your own – can improve your health. Eliz presented the Juggling Lessons for Life to a group of dairy producers at the Young Producers Leadership Conference hosted by Accelerated…

Do You Eat As Well As A Dairy Cow?

Recently I was delighted to spend 2 days with Dairy Consultants and a Women’s Retreat in Wisconsin. Did you know dairy cows get regular visits from a nutritionist who specially formulates their feed to meet their current needs? Really! That’s right, in order to support the cow’s health, a nutritionist determines the specific needs of…

Make the Grocery Store a Guilt-Free Food Zone!

This post originally appeared as guest post on Michele Payn-Knoper’s Cause Matters Blog.Check out her blog for reliable information about the food you eat! Do you suffer with Food Guilt? No, I’m not talking about that regret you might feel after eating something packed with sugar or fat. I’m talking about guilt in the grocery…

Decade of Gratitude Post 10.5: New Farm Friends

Today, Thanksgiving Eve, I wanted to share one more post of gratitude – for my new farm friends. It has been just over a year now since I began social media relationships (and real life friendships) with farmers across the country.  In that year I’ve discovered much of what I believed about how food is…

Food Guilt in the Dairy Aisle: Is Store Brand Milk Okay?

Is it okay to just pick up a gallon of the store brand milk, or should I be buying the more expensive milk? Hmmm.. there it is… Food Guilt in the dairy aisle.  This isn’t guilt over eating something you know isn’t good for you.  No, this is the guilt placed on you by the…

Busy Woman’s Guide to Nutrition Month

Okay, it is Nutrition month, how excited are you? Many of us would like to eat better, but it is confusing.  Is that item labeled “healthy” really healthy? Is there really a magic food which will solve all of your nutritional issues? Finding a simple way to think about the food you eat would help,…

Weekly Whimsy: Gilmer Dairy Farm Christmas Song

If watching something delightful decreases your stress, then this song from Gilmer Dairy is the key to a low stress holiday! What a great way to pay your body back for the stress of the season. Santa + Dairy Cow + Clever Farmer = Delightful giggles! Enjoy! Have a very “dairy” Christmas! Get more valuable…

Who is @mpaynknoper and why should she be Mashable’s Twitter User of the Year?

In the midst of a Brazillian pop star, a rock band, a musician, a Hollywood star, stands a Twitter User most people wouldn’t recognize, @mpaynknoper. Who? Mashable, The Social Media Guide, announced the nominees for the 2009 Open Web Awards today and Certified Speaking Professional Michele Payn-Knoper was one of the top five nominees for Twitter…

Weekly Whimsy: Water & Poo!

How often can you laugh and learn something at the same time? Plus — it’s about poo… Farmers are some of the hardest working people on earth – so a little whimsy seems to help – at least according to this video: Enjoy this song from Gilmer Diary Farm As Will says, “Have a dairy…