Jim Carroll is an Arkansas farmer in Monroe County, member of the United Soybean Board and Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, and Monroe County Farm Bureau Board Member. Mr. Carroll was a speaker at the Bean2Blog event I blogged about here. He was an inspiration to listen to and I thought he would be perfect to profile for the Faces of Agriculture series. I caught up with him after the event for a quick interview.
In 1971, the San Francisco funk-rock band Sly and the Family Stone released the soon to be hit single “Family Affair,” a song about the good and the bad of family life. It shot straight to the top of the charts in the popular music field. At about the same time, a Grady (Lincoln County) […]
P. Allen Smith is an award-winning designer and lifestyle expert and host of two public television programs, P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home, P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table and the syndicated 30-minute show P. Allen Smith Gardens. He is the author of the best-selling Garden Home series of books published by Clarkson Potter/Random House.
Kelly Brophey is a junior at the University of Arkansas studying Animal Science. She is an accomplished equestrian, involved student, a member of the I love farmers, they feed my soul movement and agriculture advocate. Kelly sat down and answered a few of my questions about her views on agriculture.
Today is National Agriculture Day, a day to celebrate and recognize agriculture. It’s important to recognize the contributions of not only agriculture, but also the people involved. I think we should be celebrating agriculture and the people of agriculture all year long. The agriculture industry has a wide influence wielded by an even wider variety […]