She might not have started out an Iowa farm girl, but Erin Brenneman has embraced the role on her husband’s family pig farm in the southeast part of the state.

“I was born and raised in the city, so I think that brings a unique perspective on farming,” the native of the Chicago suburbs told Cindy during an interview.

Now, as one of the new representatives in the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance’s (USFRA) Faces of Farming and Ranching program, Erin will get the chance to travel the country and participate in the Food Dialogues conversations to share stories and experiences on a national stage to help shift conversations about food production and set the record straight about how American farmers feed the nation and the world.

Erin said it was while attending Iowa State University and after when she moved to the family farm with her husband that she realized there was this incredible world of agriculture, something she shares on her personal blog, City Lights to Starry Nights.

“It just shows the little every day things that strike me on the farm. I just like to share the incredible world of what we do,” she said, adding those little things and the big things farmers do every day are why she wanted to be a USFRA Face of Farming and Ranching. “I know it’s not understood sometimes, and it needs to be. It’s great, and people really need to know that.”

You can also follow Erin at these sites:
Erin’s Facebook
Farm Facebook
Twitter

You can here more of Cindy’s conversation with Erin here: New USFRA Faces of Farming and Ranching - Erin Brenneman