Stressed out?

Well I think we all might have been for a while, with the cold weather and start of a new uncertain year. There is always stress in farming but sometimes we need a good ear to listen that is a trained professional and not someone we live with. Stress from a spouse can be more stressful than stress we create or contact on our own - this I know from personal experience. Check out the image and their website I've posted here.

There are tons of issues going around in farm country - Prop. 2, Horse Slaughter, Transportation, Activists, Agro-Security not to mention worries about spring flooding or droughts or wondering if the feed will last for the rest of the winter for some folks. We were lucky with the cold snap that everything held up but that is due to quite a bit of fair weather work by my husband who likes to be prepared whenever he can. Sometimes it seems inconvenient to prepare for winter in the middle of a beautiful summer day but during a cold winter day I'm always thankful for those days of work!

Check out the links on the blog, visit our members and think about how you can be a positive voice for farm animals, farming and farm animal welfare in your community. More soon, but I have to go out and do chores now for the animals don't know when we are working or not - they only understand "fed" or "not fed"!