by Elaine Froese | Aug 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of the bulls in the middle of the farmhouse that we need to chase after is the undiscussabull of “my brother would never agree to that.” These transition conversations are as fresh as a newly minted cow plop, and they stink, too. However, it is time we faced the...
by Elaine Froese | Jul 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sitting close to the water, feeling the warm sunshine on my face, tracking the clouds: these are things that help me feel renewed by nature. Farmers are a lucky lot as they are in nature every day. It just depends on their mindset, whether they are being renewed or...
by Elaine Froese | Jul 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today I want to share with you my personal story of dealing with depression. As I reflect from the quiet chair, I encourage you to do the same. I hear the geese flying overhead on their way back to the wildlife sanctuary, just four miles west of our yard. I see birds...
by Elaine Froese | Jul 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Late last year, I decided to stop listening to sad farm transition stories, proposing a new hashtag for Twitter: #healingstories4ag. Here is one example I read from a farm survey respondent. “Succession planning would be considerably less difficult if the...
by Elaine Froese | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
A distraught middle-aged farm woman asks for advice on buying her daughter a farmhouse just down the road. This is a loaded question. When farm founders are considering how long they want to stay on the main farmyard, there can be lots of conflict and frustration. I...