May Neighbors 2012 Country Kitchen

May Neighbors 2012 Country Kitchen

“We’re involved in a lot of things, but most all of them are related to agriculture,” Patty Lambrecht says about herself and her husband, Joe, owners of Oakview Farms Granary in Elmore County. “We started the farm in 1998 when we acquired the grist mill, and since then it seems the more we do with organizations like the Farmers Federation, the more we get excited about different things,” Patty explains.
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COUNTRY KITCHEN APRIL 2012

COUNTRY KITCHEN APRIL 2012

Delores Mount of Crenshaw County says she grew up helping her mother and sisters in the kitchen, so cooking has always been a part of her life.
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Country Kitchen 2012 March Neighbors

Country Kitchen 2012 March Neighbors

Shy and polite, nine-year-old Sydney Ginther of Headland might be the last little girl one would consider a threat. But this past year when she donned her oven mitts and spatula in preparation for the National Peanut Festival’s student division recipe contest, she proved to be one tough cookie – or cheesecake bite. more

Country Kitchen 2012 Neighbors January

Country Kitchen 2012 Neighbors January

When I was younger, all my friends said they would never marry a farmer, but I felt exactly the opposite,” says Patty Marsh of Limestone County.
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Country Kitchen February 2012 Neighbors

Country Kitchen February 2012 Neighbors

Growing up with three sisters on a farm, Annie Lou Harris of Cleburne County said she learned to cook and help out on the farm at a young age.
“We didn’t have any brothers, just girls, so when Daddy needed help on the farm, we all had to pitch in just like we did inside,” she says.
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Country Kitchen 2011 December Neighbors

Country Kitchen 2011 December Neighbors

Good food is an ingredient to any successful holiday meal. Members of the Alabama Farmers Federation staff share some of their favorite Christmas recipes in this expanded edition of Country Kitchen.

Heritage Cooking Contest 2011 October Neighbors

Heritage Cooking Contest  2011 October Neighbors

Two of Alabama’s tastiest crops, peanuts and pecans, were ingredients in the winning recipes of the Alabama Farmers Federation’s Annual Heritage Cooking Contest in Montgomery Sept. 1.

November 2011 Neighbors Country Kitchen

November 2011 Neighbors Country Kitchen

Charlene Roney of Houston County always said she’d never marry a farmer.
“So don’t ever say what you’re not going to do,” she laughs.

Sept. 2011 Country Kitchen Neighbors

Sept. 2011 Country Kitchen Neighbors

To say Wanda Cobb was an inexperienced cook when she married at the tender age of 17 would be an understatement. But 40 years later, she knows her way around the kitchen pretty well and is used to cooking for a crowd.
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