CONTENTS Volume 72 | AUGUST 2019 | Number 8 8 20 22 8 Trip of a lifetime IN EVERY ISSUE 4 Cooperation 5 Perspectives 10 Community 12 Eats 16 Outdoors 26 Recipes 30 Events 36 Neighbors 38 Just4Kids Electric cooperative send best and brightest to D.C. 14 Power from pork Partnership turns manure into money 20 Davis Baskets Ozarks Basket King is ready to retire 22 Sew much love You're part of the family at The Rusty Moon 32 Missouri State Fair "Come Home" to Missouri's premier agriculture showcase ABOUT OUR COVER E ntertainment sure isn't hard to come by when visiting the Missouri State Fair. Show-Me State UHVLGHQWVÁRFNWR6HGDOLDHYHU\$XJXVWWRH[SHULHQFH 0LVVRXUL·V SUHPLHU DJULFXOWXUH VKRZFDVHOLVWHQWRKHDGOLQLQJPXVLFLDQVYLVLWWKHLUIDYRULWHEXLOGLQJVDQGWDNHLQVRPHÀHUFHFRPSHWLWLRQ 7KHELJJHVWGUDZLVWKHHYHUSRSXODU3HSVL*UDQGVWDQGZKLFKZLOOEHSDFNHGZLWKIDLUJRHUVHYHU\HYHQLQJ &RXQWU\ PXVLF VWDU %UDQWOH\ *LOEHUW WDNHV WKH VWDJHRQ6DWXUGD\$XJKLJKOLJKWLQJWKHRSHQLQJ ZHHNHQG)RUHLJQHUZLOOEULQJWKHLUPRUHWKDQPLOOLRQUHFRUGVDOHVWRWKH0LVVRXULVWDJHRQ)ULGD\$XJ 7KH PXVLF FRQFOXGHV ZLWK %URWKHUV 2VERUQH RQ $XJ 0XVLF LVQ·W DORQH DW WKH JUDQGVWDQG 7KH VRXQGV RIWUXFNDQGWUDFWRUSXOOVZLOOÀOOWKHIDLUJURXQGVRQ $XJDQGDVWKH0LVVRXUL6WDWH)DLU6KRRW2XW DQG/XFDV2LO3UR3XOOLQJ/HDJXHGHVFHQGRQ6HGDOLD photos by Paul Newton 7KH$PHULFDQ6SULQW&DU6HULHVURXQGVRXWWKHIDLURQ WKHÀQDOGD\ 7KHUH·V SOHQW\ RXWVLGH WKH JUDQGVWDQGV DV ZHOO 2QHRIWKHEXVLHVWORFDWLRQVLVWKH6WDWH)DLU$UHQD /RFDWHGLQWKHIDUVRXWKZHVWFRUQHURIWKHIDLUJURXQGV WKH RXWGRRU DUHQD SOD\V KRVW WR URGHRV EXOO ULGLQJ PRWRFURVVDQGIUHHWUXFNDQGWUDFWRUSXOOV/DVWFDU UXQQLQJDWWKHDUHQDWDNHVWRSSUL]HRQ$XJDVD GHPROLWLRQGHUE\³DVVHHQRQRXUFRYHU³ZLOOZRZ RQORRNHUV )UHH HQWHUWDLQPHQW LV DOVR DYDLODEOH DW VWDJHV DFURVVWKHIDLUJURXQGVDQG\RXUNLGVDUHVXUHWRORYH WKHHGXFDWLRQDOSHWWLQJ]RRDQGSLJUDFHVZKLFKRFFXU WKURXJKRXWWKHIDLU For more information, view our story on page 32. For Missouri State Fair hours, prices, schedules and more, visit www.mostatefair.com or call 800-422-FAIR. AUGUST 2019 | RURALMISSOURI.COOP AUGUST19_Contents.indd 1 3 7/11/19 11:32 AMhttp://www.mostatefair.com http://www.RURALMISSOURI.COOP