Jackie Mundt

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A Time for Co-ops and Classrooms

“I am so glad that I live in a world where there are Octobers.” That beloved line from “Anne of Green Gables” has always captured how I feel about this season. Growing up in Wisconsin, October meant crisp mornings that hinted at winter’s approach and warm afternoons that illuminated a canvas of orange, yellow and…

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Attitudes for the Best Possible Experience

Earlier this month, I traveled to South Africa with the American Farm Bureau’s Partners in Advocacy Leadership program. Our group has been exploring labor challenges in agriculture, and South Africa offered valuable perspective. The country is a major provider of H-2A guest workers, who fill critical labor gaps on U.S. farms and harvest crews. Alongside…

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It’s a Small World in Agriculture

The agriculture industry is a small world. It doesn’t always feel that way when you’re in the middle of wheat harvest or out checking calves on a quiet evening, but time and again, I am reminded of how tightly connected this industry really is. One of those reminders came this summer. There was a week…

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Modeling Lives of Service

A milestone birthday earlier this month got me thinking about my parents and what their lives looked like at my age, which is vastly different from my life. In reflecting on the differences, it was really to see how my parents’ choices in their 20s and 30s have had a foundational impact on who I…

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Finding Common Ground

Good friends can have a good time no matter what they are doing together. That is how I ended up helping with a Yoga on the Farm event at Hildebrand Dairy near Junction City recently. The event was organized by CommonGround Kansas, an organization of farm women in Kansas who share information and personal stories…

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The Power of Community

The recent tornado that stretched from Greensburg to Plevna went right through the middle of our farm, missing our house and the farm shop by about a mile. The destruction of neighbors’ homes and loss of livestock is incredibly sad, but our entire community has rejoiced that no human lives were lost. Things can be…

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