Biography:
Curt Arens has been a freelance farm writer for over 25 years. From 2005 until 2010, he has written about his own observations of rural landscapes and communities, humorous farm stories, and resilient farm folks for a weekly column called Farm to Family, originally published in the Cedar County News in Nebraska. Arens recently discontinued his colums after accepting a position as a regional editor for Farm Progress Publications, visiting farms and ranches and interviewing agriculture professionals, writing mostly for Nebraska Farmer and Dakota Farmer magazines. He was also a member of the 2003-2005 class of Food and Society Policy Fellows.