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By Lauren Schwab Eyre I was born the daughter of a pig farmer. I will be honest, there have been more bad days than good, but I have learned to find the good in the bad by reminding myself why we farm. My dad wakes up in the middle of the night to start his […]
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By Lauren Schwab Eyre Hey Everyone, hope you enjoy seeing part of my day on the farm. We raise piglets until they are three weeks old, by then they are big enough to leave momma and go to another farm to grow up. Follow this blog farmgirlwithcurls.com for farm life and country music interviews from […]
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By Lauren Schwab Eyre “I’m never giving up, it’s in my blood” sings Tenille Townes in celebration of the 50th anniversary of female membership in the National FFA Organization. Growing up on a farm always has a special place in my heart. Some mornings I wonder when our farm will come to an end. I’ve decided […]
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By Lauren Schwab Eyre I can’t begin to count the number of boots I’ve gone through the last two decades of working on my family farm. Some held up better than others. When I was young I wore shorts and rubber boots all summer long resulting in a nice tan line around mid-calf haha. Since […]
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By Lauren Schwab Eyre Growing up on a farm can be an experience that stays with you for life in everything you do. The care you give to the land and animals teaches you a respect and work ethic like no other. To be a farmer you have to be focused on your farm resources, […]
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By Lauren Schwab Eyre When I was a young girl playing in the dirt, riding on a tractor and walking my pigs down our one-lane country road just felt right. I couldn’t imagine summers without holding on for dear life on the back of my best friend’s 4-wheeler while coming in for garden fresh corn […]
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By Lauren Schwab Eyre When I stand in the barn and everything seems to be going wrong, I pull out my phone and in one click I can open Instagram to see a girl on the beach in her hot bikini basking in the sun with thousands of likes. My mind immediately goes to thinking […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Schwab I am honored to have been selected as a finalist for America’s Pig Farmer of the Year Award. The American public can go to http://www.americaspigfarmer.com to watch a video on each finalist and vote for their favorite once a day Sept. 1 – 10th. This award means a lot to me because […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Schwab To Ron White, this may be success, or at least getting paid to make people laugh telling them about it. Marie Forleo inspired me to think about how I define success. It can be easy to compare ourselves and accomplishments or lack of to others and society’s idea of what being successful […]
Read More“I want the world to be better because I was here…If you’re not making someone else’s life better then you’re wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better,” Will Smith. “There is no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A…What is the point in being […]
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Farm Girl With Curls 