When we take the time to listen
When Rebecca Miller's phone rang, it started with a complaint, but turned into a conversation about the struggles of a modern day farmer.
Keep wheels turning on local meat processing dilemma
Farmers need to be nimble and willing to think of all of the angles when it comes to local processing woes, Rebecca Miller says.
Reader: Keep fighting and don’t give up
Patsy M. Stuckey, 94, of Alliance, Ohio, responds to Hugh Earnhart's Feb. 20, 2020, column, Orphan trains carried at-risk youth west.
Small minds should have no place here
One stolen political sign is a sad harbinger of the times for Rebecca Miller.
In the time of COVID, community isn’t just a word
Rebecca Miller ponders county fairs, masks, Africa and what community has to look like in 2020.
Praying for rain and farming, pandemic style
Rebecca Miller mulls over the dusty rhythm of farming, during a dry July, in the middle of a pandemic.
Letter: Not accurate to define all rural people as privileged
In a recent letter to the editor, a reader shares her thoughts on Farm and Dairy reporter Rachel Wagoner's column 'On privilege.'
Ohio’s 2020 fairs need to decide, one way or other
Either Ohio's fairs go on, in some form or another. Or they don’t. Either way, Rebecca Miller says Ohio’s youth deserves clarity.
Face masks and lockdowns: COVID-19 rural life
Rebecca Miller gauges how seriously rural folks are taking the pandemic by the number of face masks she sees at farm supply and feed stores. There are few.
We need to find balance in this ‘new’ agriculture
It's not too late to plan for "what if" and make some changes. Rebecca Miller shares how her family is doing just that on the sheep farm.
