Landscapes is the award-winning customer magazine for 14 rural lending cooperatives in the five-state Texas Farm Credit District. Click on the links below to see some of my articles.
Come Rain or Come Shine
For Insurance Customers,
Risk Management Is the Best Policy
Crop insurance is an essential tool for farmers like the Henry family of South Texas.
This story from the Summer 2016 Landscapes issue received an honorable mention in the Featurette category of the Cooperative Communicators Associations’ 2017 Communications Contest.
Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives Program
Honors Nation’s Ag Leaders
For our special centennial issue, I profiled the five honorees in our bank’s territory who were recognized as rural visionaries by the nationwide Farm Credit System.
Summer 2016 Landscapes
Catching Some Rays
Increasingly affordable, solar technology helps two rural families
embrace efficiency and self-sufficiency
This five-page package includes a feature on two Texas couples who are using solar energy at home and on the ranch; tips on solar and rainwater harvesting; and a sidebar on solar leasing programs for agribusinesses.
This story from the Winter 2016 Landscapes issue won Second Place, Technical Writing, in the the Cooperative Communicators Associations’ 2017 Communications Contest.
This Land is Your Land
2016 marked the centennial of both the Farm Credit System and the National Park Service. To recognize our peers in the park service, I wrote descriptions and collected photos of important public lands and landmarks in our bank’s five-state territory.
Winter 2016 Landscapes
Christine Stephenson Forrest 