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Tips for composing the perfect snack drawer

Snack Drawer Essentials

I remember it well: Picture a 22-year-old, fresh out of college with brand-new dress slacks and a nice, new pleather laptop bag sitting at her desk halfway through the first…

Reflections and Resolutions

Happy New Year week 2 of 2018! After all of the excitement of the holidays towards the end of the year, it’s hard to be excited about January. Seriously, what…

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The Country Christmas Connection

Last month, in the midst of the chaos that was year-end projects at work, finals season for school, and packing for the AgChat Cultivate & Connect Conference in Kansas City,…

Homemade coffeecake

Kathy’s Coffeecake

For as long as I can remember, my mom has made coffeecakes and given them to everyone [friends, family, neighbors, teachers, the school bus driver, her hairdresser, the mailman and…

I Got My Start in 4-H

One of the first posts I wrote for this blog. Re-posting in honor of National 4-H Week this week.…

Pumpkin Pie in a Bag

Remember the Cherry Pie in a Bag activity? Here’s another classroom favorite appropriate for fall. Students can apply math skills by measuring ingredients and learn about pumpkins and agriculture. Pair it with…

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

It’s September! You know what that means- the season of pumpkin spice everything (literally everything). I’m definitely a fan of pumpkin spice lattes and my pumpkin spice candle, but the…

What Happened to Learning?

I read a great article today. It’s part of the discussion the National Geographic magazine is hosting this year that explores food, specifically looking at the future of our food…

Zucchini Pie

Have an abundance of zucchini? Me, too. I ended up with two of these giant zucks, courtesy of my parents’ garden. Using just ONE of these squashes resulted in muffins,…