Every time we had to fix a fence my father cursed the British. The chainsaw was thrown into the back of the pickup because we would have to hack our way through the multiflora rose bushes that had overtaken the edges of the pasture. 

Growing up, we had a pair of ducks that lived in the weeds around the barn. Since my mother was an animal science teacher, Larry and Sally were probably hatched in her classroom and then relocated to our farm.

Everyone celebrates Christmas a little differently. However, most people in North America will have a ham, a drunk uncle and a time for exchanging gifts. The luckiest might get an office party with some good gossip.

Digital technology has kept advancing, and no sector is immune to it, including agriculture.

The act of farming, and the way it is done, is situated within a family, a community and a generation of people. It has significance for how the farmer considers his or her existence, as well as how society views itself.

In 2020, Belgian Kurt Van de Wouwer put his racing pigeon, New Kim, up for auction for the equivalent of $225. The Van de Wouwers had been breeding and racing pigeons for many years and New Kim, a 2-year-old female, had won numerous competitions.

Du grain jeté sur les gens, des chèvres effrayantes, de gros ours, des vampires… On ne parle assurément pas assez du fait que Noël en Roumanie, c’est du sérieux!

I hope we never stop looking for Bigfoot. He’s earned his place in our lore. Even if the likelihood that he is somewhere out there in our woods is fairly small, we’re probably better for believing that it’s possible.

When I passed by the house, taking the haybine, plow or some other equipment from one field to another, I always looked for one thing: if the red flag was down on our mailbox.