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Heather Guido

About Heather Guido

Mom

We are a family of four, and our two boys love visiting Grandpa to “help” him on the farm whenever we visit New York. While I grew up on an acreage growing grapes, I want to learn more about Midwestern farming, as it’s an industry I don’t know much about.

My Blog Posts

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5 Things GMOs Aren’t

While I’ve done a lot of reading on my own, most of the information in this post has come from the Illinois Farm Families and the resources they’ve shared. The resources are rooted in science and trust in our regulating bodies (USDA/FDA/EPA, as well as global partners in science).
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Hog Farm, Chapter 1: Pig Odor Permeates!

I will never forget my 45-minute ride home on my school bus. There were a couple of dairy farms on the bus route. Picture a bus full of mostly elementary and middle school kids, on a warm day with the bus windows open, passing those farms ripe with fresh piles of manure sitting out in the barnyard.