After another fantastic Royal Winter Fair and a few debates in the past couple of weeks that have sparked my attention, I feel compelled to start up my writing again at Stories From a Country Girl. It has been a while- months in fact, so I apologize for my absence.
It has been an interesting couple of weeks with a few different articles/debates that have caught my eye- this article back in October infuriated me (I promise to write another blog post dedicated solely to this topic). Then there was this promising article also written in the Globe and Mail about Agriculture being the “next big thing.”
And of course just last week at the Royal Winter Fair, there were a few different times when I thought “wow, this would be a great blog post idea” and so, here I am. Ready to share, and ready for someone to listen.
I think the one main thing that really hit me last week at the Royal, was that farmers need to continue to have a voice- whether it be by educating, writing, blogging, social networking, and/or yelling (if need be but not the best recommended approach- hence the Lisa Simpson cartoon). The one major gap between rural and urban is the lack of communication between the two. Its no one’s fault in particular- you could equally blame each party if you wanted too. But it really struck me, that as a dairy farmers daughter and agricultural enthusiast, it is my duty to help spread the good word about farmers, farming and the whole agricultural industry and do my part to help bridge the gap between rural and urban audiences.
Make sure to check back as I have lot to say.. I mean, post 
Hope all those that made it to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair had a blast.. I know I sure did!
