Twenty-five years ago, our nation mourned as nearly 3,000 Americans, including 400 firefighters, police officers and emergency medical personnel, perished in terrorist attacks on our own soil.
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- IFT photos by Crystal Reed and Zoe Martin
Wildflowers bloom and bees and butterflies keep busy at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Coles County, Ill., Broemmelsiek Park in St. Charles County, Mo., and Rock Springs Conservation Area in Macon County, Ill.
This is a fictitious letter I created to summarize a common complaint. I attribute it to a rural woman I will call “Carol.” These thoughts capture the distress many women feel about the quality of their marital relationships in farm and ranch family business operations.
- Benjamin Herrold
As summer rolls on, many Midwestern families are enjoying favorite meals prepared on the grill.
Some Americans wrongly think we’re better, smarter or even more sophisticated than citizens of other nations.
- By Linda Geist, University of Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. — There is nothing quite like the pure bliss of biting into a crisp slice of ice-cold watermelon on a sweltering July day.
- By Crystal Reed, Illinois Farmer Today
Summer is here and with that brings the opportunity for people to enjoy fresh fruits that are in season, like peaches.
- By Zoe Martin, Iowa Farmer Today
Spicy or sweet, all the colors of the rainbow, baked, fried or bacon-wrapped — it’s pepper season in the Midwest!
On a recent Saturday morning, my wife and I had run a few errands when she reminded me she had been given a gift card for a new business. Neither of us were familiar with the place but gathered from the name that they sold cookies.
- Tim Kenyon
Location and timing seem to be the keys to finding good berries this season.
God made a wise decision when He decided females would serve as mothers. Men generally just can’t do mommy things as well as mommies.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love…” Jackie DeShannon’s 1965 hit record spoke a truth. The world always needs more love.
- By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today
VILLISCA, Iowa — Kristy Petry always believed a life in the country was calling her, but it took a global pandemic to make that happen.
- Crystal Reed
Barb Reinholz said she can make three meals out of a chicken, if necessary.
- By Tim Kenyon, Iowa Farmer Today
The approaching end of the school year and warmer outdoor conditions calls for snack adjustments.
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