Heather Hetterick
Heather Hetterick has been promoting agriculture from an early age. From her 4-H and FFA days to present, sharing the ag story has been important to Heather.
Her current responsibilities include reporting for the Ohio Ag Net, filling in for Dale Minyo and sales for the radio network. She is also involved with sales for Ohio’s Country Journal.
She is a graduate of the Ohio State University, where she was named one of the Top 10 Seniors in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. After college Heather was the Director of Marketing & Education for the Ohio Pork Producers Council. She then went on to work for Clear Channel Radio and Time Warner Cable before joining the Ohio Ag Net.
Heather also blogs about food, frugality and freebies at http://www.heathershelpings.com. She resides in Shelby County, near Botkins, with her husband Zach.
The most important thing I learned from Dale
I first met Dale Minyo when I was a senior in high school serving as a state FFA officer. Even though it would be seven years before we would begin to work together I ran into him quite a bit in the interim. One such time was when he was filming one of the last [...]
FFA receives confiscated drug equipment
This is certainly one way to turn a bad situation into a good one. The Sidney-Shelby County Narcotics Task Force confiscated a wide array of equipment when they arrested Gregory Barlow for growing marijuana. In lieu of destroying the equipment Shelby County Sheriff, John Lenhart, who is also a farmer and Sidney Police Chief Kevin [...]
Brown box of treasured iron
We have a special box at our house. Everything else in my home is neatly organized in plastic containers and precisely labeled, but this one box doesn’t need a label. Zach and I discussed getting a bigger or nicer box, but decided it would take away from the aura of the special box. It’s well [...]
Mercy for Animals now targeting turkey producers
It appears that the animal rights group, Mercy for Animals now has a new target: the turkey industry. They have a site called Butterball Abuse where they are after the well known Butterball Turkey Company. They have a video out from another one of their infamous undercover videos. This one is from what they call [...]
Santa left gifts with a strong scent of hogs….
Growing up it was our family’s tradition to open gifts, even those from Santa, on Christmas Eve. To trick us kids, it took a little showmanship on our parents part. Festivities usually began in early afternoon with all five us trying to get ready, with only one bathroom, for the children’s mass held at 4:00 [...]
Feeding Farmers in the Field-Von Stein Farms
We always have so much fun when we go on the road for Feeding Farmers in the Field. Today was no exception. Brothers Dean and Dennis along with their dad Harold, wives and children welcomed us to their farm. When I showed up Dennis was cleaning the wind shield of one of their combines. He [...]
Feeding Farmers in the Field- Poe Farms
Dale and I were just outside of Van Wert at Poe Farms for week two of Feeding Farmers in the Field. We caught Bill & Billy Poe on a little harvest hiatus. They’ve been done with beans for a week, but say it could be another week before they are able to get back in [...]
Chipotle offers incentive for family farm inspired costume
They’re at it again. This will raise livestock producers blood pressure. Chipotle is offering a special Halloween deal. Come into any Chipotle after 6pm this Halloween dressed in a costume inspired by THE FAMILY FARM (think farmer, crop, animal, or farm implement) and we’ll give you a burrito, bowl, salad or an order of tacos [...]
The ultimate combine driving song
I can’t think of a better song to crank up in the cab this fall. While Luke Bryan may be a country star, he is also a farm boy from Leesburg, Georgia. Growing up his family raised corn, cotton and peanuts. You can hear his experiences on the farm in this song and many of [...]
Feeding Farmers in the Field-Everett Farms
Each fall we partner with our affiliate T102 in Lima for Feeding Farmers in the Field. Today we kicked off this years program with our first winner, Everett Farms outside of Sidney in Shelby County. We randomly select the winner each week and this week’s entry was extra special. This past weekend while home on [...]
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