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News About Gordon
Honorary Chapter FFA Degree from the University of Minnesota Crookston Collegiate FFA for preserving Farm Heritage and promoting Agricultural Literacy through literature. Article about Gordon in the Redwood Falls Gazette. Click HERE. Review of A Farm Country Silo Filling by Mary Ann Grossman in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sunday, December 20, 2015. Click HERE. Article about Gordon in the AgriNews. Click HERE. Article about Gordon in the Pioneer Press. Click HERE. Review by Jeri L. Dobrowski in Cowboy Jam Session: Western Culture News & Reviews. Click HERE. Article in St. Paul Pioneer Press, "A former farm kid shares his stories of growing up in Lakeville." Click HERE _______________________________ Prologue to Farm Country Tales Imagine an era that’s diff’rent from now, When times were not better, but pleasing, somehow. It’s the year 1950, when farming was done By Mother and Father and Daughter and Son. by Gordon W. Fredrickson Read more... _______________________________ 
Reader Views Literary Award Winners
If I Were a Farmer Awarded first place in the children – toddler to 5 category Farm Country Halloween Awarded second place in the children – early reader (6 to 8) |
PoetryFarm Country Moments: Poems, Pictures and Memories Foreward to Farm Country Moments by Bill Gleed, poet and manager of the Robert Frost Farm, Derry, New Hampshire. These poems, memories, and lovely photos capture a vanishing segment of the American landscape--the family farm. Mark Sieve, actor, producer, director, author, and co-creator of the Renaissance Festival's vaudeville team, Puke & Snot, the longest-running two-man comedy duo in the country and a headline show at festivals and comedy clubs throughout North America since 1974. Mark's memoir, Call me Puke: a Life on the Dirt Circuit, is an entertaining and fascinating story of his rise to the top. For more information visit www.pukensnot.com Farm Country Moments, what a sweet read--brings back a ton of memories of my five short years on the farm when I was in high school. Your attention to all the tiny but important little details of farm life is astounding. Makes me want to start reading your whole series. Beverly Hermes, former farm kid. As I read the pages, it is my story! Gary Hoverson, retired dairy farmer, Freeborn County, Minnesota Farm Country Moments: Poems, Pictures and Memories captures countless childhood memories on the family farm. Thank you for sharing and helping to preserve the memories both of hard work and fun. |