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Holiday Food and Activity What are your favorite holiday foods? How do your food traditions change over time? This holiday conversation provides a view into food, people, and their holidays.

Youth In Ag Recent proposed changes in child labor laws could impact agriculture industry. This conversation highlights some of the issues and points out how those currently in ag came to their profession because of that youth ag experience.

Thanksgiving Are you a turkey or ham family? Prefer Stove Top over your uncle's homemade stuffing? Learn more about how Thanksgiving traditions and activity shape the lives of farmers and ranchers.

Food, Health, & Diet Moderation is half the battle. What are your favorite portion control tips? What approaches to healthy/nutrition food preparation do you use to make breakfast, lunch or dinner? Food, health, and diet are important topics now and in the next decade as the Baby Boomers retire.

Open Ag Convo Who do you rely on to help you maintain your sense of humor during #harvest11? Do you think consumers have trouble finding answers to their food questions online? Learn what those in ag are doing to connect and share with consumers.

Fall Grazing How are you handling your fall grazing? Do you use rotational or continuous grazing systems? HayTalk shares some tips and thoughts to help you with your fall grazing plans.

Hay: Getting Through The Winter This recent HayTalk offers some discussion on planning to have enough hay/forage thru the winter.

Farm Disaster Prep In the wake of recent earthquakes, high heat, drought, and Hurricane Irene, this convo focused on being prepared on the farm for disasters and bio-security issues. What resources do you rely on to develop disaster plans? Have any livestock farmers been in a mandatory evacuation situation? What do you do? This convo has resource links and thoughts from several who have had to live the plan.

Hay/Forage Availability, Price, and Weather HayTalk conversations chat with growers in various regions on the availability and price of hay and forages. Of course weather plays a part in the conversation. Links to hay resources and news included.

Nutrition and Restaurants What are your food selection & nutrition options for your rural areas? Do healthy choices play a part in your restaurant choices? Or do you pick on convenience and price? How does your favorite local restaurant stand out from the pack to earn your business? These and other conversations took place on FoodChat.