Light Shines On Food Champions

Betty Kehler didn’t mince words when granted the opportunity to address the audience after she and her partner Bob Pizey received their Golden Carrot Award last week. She sang them instead, breaking into a rendition of “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine,…” to the delight of the 100 or so

Harvesting the garden

On the warm, sunny, fall afternoons, I enjoyed the task of “harvesting” my garden. Often my children joined me at the job and we made it a family event. We loaded our wagon with peppers, cucumbers, carrots, pumpkins, beets, corn and potatoes. How blessed we were with the abundance of it all. My children were


Sure signs of autumn

I know it’s fall when… The sunscreen in my vehicle seems oddly out of place. The thought of canning, packaging or preserving another garden product is overwhelming. The kiddie pool has been deflated, washed and stored. I’m on another bumpy hayride balancing a cup of apple cider and a toddler. The school’s parent advisory committee