The importance of choosing the “right” career needs to be handled with a delicate sort of balance. It’s not fair to give anyone undue pressure to choose their career as if it will be the pivotal factor in their life’s happiness. Indeed there is much to be said about having the contentedness to just “get…
I know Christmas gift list ideas are a bit overrated here in internet world. We see them every year. You probably come across them via companies or click farms trying to push shopping ideas into your feed or because you have those one or two folks with some obscure career or interest so you resort…
The ag industry is abuzz with the fiasco left in the wake of the Dean Foods empire collapse. Earlier this year, it may have seemed the legal mess surrounding Dean Foods after they filed for bankruptcy and were bought out by Dairy Farmers of America for a $433 million price tag. Now, the not-yet defunct…
I was able to yet again reap the bounties of COVID-induced webinars. This time, I attended the 2020 Sustainable Ag Summit, which I highly recommend looking into if you are want an insightful, diverse and up-to-date roundup on the latest strides regarding agriculture and food sustainability as we know it. There were plenty of great…
I don’t think it’s such a secret in corporate America that employees want to be valued and feel like their potential is being used. But much of our workforce doesn’t feel their superiors are necessarily doing that. According to one survey, opportunities for learning and development is the most important job benefit to 42% of…
Today marks a pretty big day for the Herdbook Ag Media, making it one of the few very good ones that happened in the Year of Our Lord 2020. This marks the beginning of my first week as a full-time freelance agriculture writer and communications specialist on one income. That’s right, I have cut the…