In the Dirt by Beth Hoffman

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A Special Concert...At the Farm!
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The Best Thing in a Long Time
A wonderful thing happened last night, arguably the best thing that has happened in a very long time. Although it didn’t begin out that way.
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Why Food is a Right, Not a Weapon
Food. I write about it and think about it constantly. Yet as a farmer, “food” is more than just food.
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A Year...in Bugs
Thank God the season of ladybugs and flies has finally passed.
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It’s Baby Goat Season
A time of so much learning
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Real Healthy Lunch or Just More Pork Profits?
You know what I was NOT thinking about recently?
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Practical is Efficient
How funding freezes are impacting our state's most important farm organizations
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The Teachings of Myrtle the Goat
Beth Hoffman is co-owner of Whippoorwill Creek Farm in south central Iowa.
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It is Still a Beautiful World
Today is a “business day” for me, a day I am scheduled to do marketing for the farm.
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Constitutional Cash Chaos
Andrea Evelsizer decided to go into the Federal Grant Payment Management Services portal Tuesday morning after hearing news that the Trump…
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Sayonara 2024
2025 is upon us (like a rabid squirrel) and so we bid farewell to 2024, a year that was pretty good here on the farm.
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Fixing the Dam with a Bandaid
Farming in 2024...and beyond
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Bah Humbug...or Not
Beth Hoffman is a co-owner of Whippoorwill Creek Farm, an agricultural adventure on 570 acres of south-central Iowa.
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Bring Iowa Home for the Holidays
Chris Schwarz goes all out. Visitors come from miles around to see the over-the-top decorations and for the good local food.
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In the Dirt by Beth Hoffman
In the Dirt by Beth Hoffman
Learn more about the economics of farming, the dirt on the politics of agriculture and tales from our ranch, Whippoorwill Creek Farm.
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