Connecting Agriculture & Families

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#photography, 4-H, agriculture, agriculutral, animal, animals, barn, barnyard, CALF, Castle Rock, colorado, connecting, country, farm, farm animals, farming, foundation, leadership, life, lifestyle, lincoln rogers, nonprofit, pig, pigs, ranch, ranching, rural, turkey, turkeys, video, youth

The Colorado Agricultural Leadership Founding Foundation (CALF) held its annual Farm & Ranch Day on May 28, 2022 on the grounds of the historic Lowell Ranch outside of Castle Rock, CO. CALF’s mission is to connect youth and agriculture and raise the awareness of the importance of agriculture for our future. I am working on a story and photos to be published in The Fence Post magazine in the near future, but created a short video of the event to be shared and enjoyed in the meantime. It is located on the Rumble platform. Just click on the link or the image to go to the video.

https://rumble.com/v16rl6t-calf-farm-and-ranch-day-may-28-2022.html

The historic Lowell Ranch outside of Castle Rock, CO boasts the iconic red barn and twin silos that serve as well-known landmarks to guide people to the site of the Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation (CALF), which operates on acreage set aside for that purpose by the Lowell family.

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CALF Gives & Receives

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agricultural, agriculture, CALF, Castle Rock, colorado, colorado agricultural leadership foundation, country, fundraising, leadership, legend of agriculture, lincoln rogers, mission, rural, west, western

I have a new story with photos published about the Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation’s (CALF) Legend of Agriculture Dinner and fundraiser that took place at the beginning of October. Great organization and great mission.

The story and photos are on The Fence Post magazine’s website, as well as in their upcoming print edition.

Speeches and presentations were made while food was served up during the 2021 CALF Legend of Agriculture Dinner honoring Tim Lowell on Friday October 01,2021. The food consisted of samples of CALF raised pork, along with desserts for the nearly 200 attendees of the dinner and auction fundraiser for the Castle Rock, CO agricultural organization. Between the dinner, the auction, and a matching donation, over $100,000 was raised to support CALF’s mission.

The link to the article is here: https://www.thefencepost.com/news/calf-gives-and-receives-at-legend-of-agriculture-dinner/

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All I Mead is You!

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#photography, ancient, award winning, bees, buy local, Castle Rock, colorado, craft, craft mead, craft meadery, DJ Kurtz, fermentation, honey, honey bee, honey bees, honeybee, honeybees, honnibrook, honnibrook craft meadery, lincoln rogers, mead, meadery, Michael Fagan, photography, small business, west, Writing

Pun-tastic headline aside, I learned a ton about mead this weekend as I spent time with the co-owners (Michael Fagan and DJ Kurtz) of a Colorado craft meadery in the town of Castle Rock who are making a name for themselves and their fast growing business: Honnibrook Craft Meadery.

Right now, I am in the beginning stages of putting together a magazine article about Honnibrook and its use of Colorado sourced honey to create their award winning meads. Kurtz and Fagan approach making their mead differently than most producers (i.e., 6.2% alcohol vs 10+% of most meads) and their techniques are also different. Their unique craft brewer approach is paying off with awards and surprising (in a good way) growth.

DJ Kurtz and Michael Fagan, co-owners of Honnibrook Craft Meadery, stand amid the equipment used to create a new batch of mead in their craft meadery located in Castle Rock, CO. Fagan (right) is next to a 55-gallon drum of Colorado-sourced honey that is being pumped and mixed with water and other ingredients to send to the fermentation tanks in order to create their award winning mead.

Fagan and Kurtz are two really nice guys who are incredibly passionate and enthusiastic about what they are doing and it shows in their product. They refuse to let anything get to the consumer that does not meet their own high approval standards for their mead. It was a lot of fun to interview them and take some photos while they were creating a new batch. I look forward to putting the article together.

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Mini Bulls!

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I had the opportunity (and good fortune) to be able to talk with a couple of great Colorado guys who have started a Mini Bull contracting operation. Best friends Duncan Cornell and Cory Hazen are good family men and Christian guys who used to bull ride and now own Bijou Buckers Mini Bulls out of Simla, CO.

My article and accompanying photography were published in The Fence Post magazine and the article is also on The Fence Post magazine’s website — https://www.thefencepost.com/news/eeny-meeny-mighty-minis/

Cory Hazen (far left) and Duncan Cornell (far right) head out on horseback with several of their children to gather their herd of Mini Bulls in order to get them ready for a September 2021 Mini Bull event in Colorado Springs the next day.

I enjoyed meeting them and talking with them while they were on the job and with their families.

“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” ~ John 8:32

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National Western Complex Construction

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#photography, colorado, construction, denver, expansion, lincoln rogers, national western, national western center, national western complex, National Western Stock Show, photography, photos, stock show, stockyards events center, west, western

I had the pleasure of being able to visit the National Western Center/Complex in Denver, CO and take photos of the construction progress, as well as talk to a number of the spokespeople for the entities involved in the construction and expansion of the National Western Center grounds and buildings. Most people will know the location as the site where the historic National Western Stock Show takes place every January.

Construction in June 2021 at the National Western Center/Complex in Denver, CO.

What most people don’t know is how massive the scope and size of the expansion and construction project is. After a couple of hours on site, talking to the awesome spokespeople and taking photos of the construction progress, I felt like trying to absorb the information in front of me was akin to drinking water through a firehose!

There is so much going on, beyond just getting the new Stockyards Events Center ready for 2022’s National Western Stock Show and moving ahead with other construction. I have a lot of interview on tape and will be transcribing it ASAP.

I can’t wait to write a number of magazine articles about the progress of the 1.3 billion dollar expansion project and what it means for January 2022 at the National Western Stock Show.

It is impressive! More to come regarding this in the future.

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Clowning Around in Elizabeth Rodeo!

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#photography, barrelman, clown, colorado, comedy, cowboy, cowboys, elizabeth Stampede, entertain, entertaining, funny, humor, JW Winklepleck, lincoln rogers, rodeo, rodeo clown, the fence post magazine, west, western

My latest article with photography is published now on The Fence Post magazine’s website.

It is about the always entertaining rodeo clown, JW Winklepleck, and his thoughts on entertaining a packed house during the 2021 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO.

https://www.thefencepost.com/news/clowning-around-at-2021-elizabeth-stampede/

Wearing his typical fashion, Colorado-based rodeo clown JW Winklepleck banters back and forth with the rodeo announcer during a comedy skit to entertain the sold out Sunday afternoon crowd at the 2021 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo.

In my opinion, after covering a lot of rodeo performances over the last 15+ years, JW is one of the funniest and most spontaneous rodeo funnymen I have had the pleasure of watching.

I hope you enjoy the article.

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La Junta, CO Chuckwagon Cooking Competition!

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In this photo by Lincoln Rogers, a row of three authentic chuckwagons (just one part of the competitors involved) started cooking early Saturday morning in preparation for the big crowds who were to turn up later.

La Junta, CO Chuckwagon Cooking Competition!

Here’s my latest story in The Fence Post magazine. It is about the 1st annual Doc Jones Chuckwagon Cooking Contest in La Junta, CO. Good people, great food!  I hope you enjoy the article.