{"id":2040042,"date":"2025-09-22T01:40:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T01:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2040042"},"modified":"2025-09-22T01:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T01:40:57","slug":"hastings-farmer-creates-book-to-teach-children-about-agricultural-machinery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hastings-farmer-creates-book-to-teach-children-about-agricultural-machinery\/","title":{"rendered":"Hastings farmer creates book to teach children about agricultural machinery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HASTINGS, Mich. (WOOD) \u2014 With the harvest season underway, one West Michigan farmer is educating kids about a side of farming many people don\u2019t see with a new children\u2019s book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kathryn Christie, a fifth-generation farmer on the Endley\u2019s Charolais Farms in Hastings published her debut\u00a0book, a rhyming children\u2019s story called The Hibernating Combine. She describes it as a behind the scenes look at what farmers do after the harvest and how they take care of their equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMany kids that live in a rural community see the combines but don\u2019t actually know about what happens afterwards,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/mi-family-farm-welcomes-fall-195800410.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:MI family farm welcomes in fall with ticket sale, deals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\"> MI family farm welcomes in fall with ticket sale, deals <\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Kathryn Christie holding her new children\u2019s book, The Hibernating Combine. (Sept. 21, 2025)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Christie is a certified agriculture literacy educator. Her business, <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anearfullofagriculture.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:An Earful of Agriculture;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">An Earful of Agriculture<\/a><\/strong>, works to promote agriculture literacy, educate the future generation of farmers and advocate for agriculture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think it\u2019s important for people to know where their food comes from but also the care that the farmers have for their equipment and the land and for the people they\u2019re feeding,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The story follows a farmer and a child, finishing the harvest and putting the combine to bed. The combine, which her book was written about, is a large agricultural machine that harvests grain crops. It takes in the entire plant and internally separates the grains.\u00a0On their farm, it harvests corn, soybean and wheat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/grand-rapids-farm-table-eatery-135633954.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grand Rapids farm-to-table eatery hailed as one of country\u2019s best;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\"> Grand Rapids farm-to-table eatery hailed as one of country\u2019s best <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf you\u2019re driving through the rural countryside, you\u2019re going to see the combines out in the field \u2026 but what happens once that harvest is done? What do farmers do when they\u2019re not in the field?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She says she feels super fortunate to be a fifth-generation farmer and she hopes the book helps children, even in rural communities, see farming in a new way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cEven though we live in a rural county, our kids don\u2019t have an agricultural connection,\u201d said Christie. \u201cThere\u2019s so much more to agriculture than just food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The characters in the book are her father and son and the illustrations feature parts of their 2,000-acre farm, including their Charolais cattle, a family legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIn 1955, my great grandpa and my great great grandpa brought the first Charolais to Michigan,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are the oldest Charolais farm east of the Mississippi \u2026 so the Charolais cattle are our ancestry. It\u2019s near and dear to my heart, they\u2019re very special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her passion for agriculture started early. She has been involved in 4-H since she was 5 and FFA since she was in 7th grade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Publishing the book in early September was a long-awaited moment for Christie. She started the process of writing it four years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s been an incredibly long journey but it\u2019s been a labor of love,\u201d she said. \u201cI believed in my story and that\u2019s how I began my publishing journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The book is exclusively sold on <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anearfullofagriculture.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:An Ear Full of Agriculture website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">An Ear Full of Agriculture website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodtv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WOODTV.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WOODTV.com. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HASTINGS, Mich. (WOOD) \u2014 With the harvest season underway, one West Michigan farmer is educating kids about a side of farming many people don\u2019t see with a new children\u2019s book. Kathryn Christie, a fifth-generation farmer on the Endley\u2019s Charolais Farms in Hastings published her debut\u00a0book, a rhyming children\u2019s story called The Hibernating Combine. 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