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This is a semi-private post…. it is going out to the people who have subscribed to jplovescotton.com and will be posted on that blog but won’t be tweeted or Facebooked (unless someone else does it). Its an attempt to keep the incredible community engaged in the blog, continue to grow with it. As I mentioned, [...]

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dry garbanzo beans

Call Them Chickpeas or Garbanzos, Hummus Starts on The Farm

I love Mediterranean and Indian foods and have eaten lord knows how many chickpeas or garbanzo beans in my adulthood! So when I came across a farmer on Twitter — Gayle Anderson, also known as @IdahoGayle — who grows the precious bean, I had lots of tweets of thanks. Whether it was hummus, falafels, or an Indian [...]

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farmer catching a calf

Jake’s Big Farm Visit! Meeting a Newborn Calf

Jake’s big farm visit was a photo fest of fun! I have to share the photos from his first face-to-face with cows and seeing a newborn calf. Jake’s big question before we got to the field was whether they were meat cows or milk cows. He was glad to hear they were beef cattle! He [...]

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cotton handpainted on silk

What’s this talk about natural fibers?

I love it when a short conversation inspires a blog post! I want to give a few thoughts to the ideas that my good friend Marie Bowers inspired recently with this tweet: @JPlovesCOTTON Hey what is the demand for cotton?— Marie Bowers (@MarieB41) January 31, 2012 My first reaction probably wasn’t what she was looking [...]

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spinach, tomatoes, egg, feta, balsamic & olive oil

Balsamic Vinegar From the Farm

Salad dressings are truly something of regional and personal preference. I can side with Texas on ranch dressing now and then, but I’ve always loved the Italian style dressing of using balsamic vinegar and oil oil on a salad. And I can still remember buying balsamic vinegar in Modena, Italy and thinking that had absolutely [...]

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FARMnWIFE Judi Graff

Social Media Hero, Farmer & Blogging Coach Judi Graff aka @farmnwife

A lot of the people who are involved in agriculture and who write blogs will probably recognize the social media hero I want to highlight this week. It’s Judi Graff aka @FARMnWIFE. There are a lot of reasons she is a social media hero to various people, but I get to make the list so [...]

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shovel the snow around fireplugs in your area

Stuck in the Middle or Gone Over the Edge?

Late Friday night, I read a blog post on Jeff Fowle’s blog about winter weather and the differences between locals being prepared and others seemingly careless. As I watched current weather reports and saw tweets from friends in the Pacific Northwest indicating they were fairly home-bound due to the storms hitting them, I thought about how [...]

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