Tom Brand
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Tom Brand

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Tom Brand is a storyteller, speaker, syndicated newspaper columnist, and former farm broadcaster whose writing celebrates faith, family, community, and the people who shape our lives. Raised outside Hopkins in northwest Missouri, Tom grew up on a farm where chores came before cartoons, gravel roads stretched to the horizon, and life's most important lessons were often learned without anyone realizing it at the time. Those experiences sparked a lifelong love of stories and the people behind them. For more than three decades, Tom worked in agricultural broadcasting, serving with the Brownfield Network, KMA Radio, and KFEQ Radio before becoming Executive Director of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Throughout his career, he championed rural voices and helped tell the stories of agriculture across America and around the world. Tom is the author of Welts On Your Butt a Calf Could Suck, a collection of humorous and heartfelt stories from a Missouri farm childhood; I Never Heard of Johnny Fry, a children's adventure inspired by Pony Express history; and You Have To Leave If You Want To Come Back, a reflective collection exploring faith, family, friendship, loss, gratitude, and the moments that become clearer with time. In 2025, Tom and his wife, Beth, founded Richardson & Company Press to publish books rooted in faith, family, and the enduring values of the Midwest. Today, Tom serves as Director of the St. Joseph Community Alliance and writes the syndicated weekly newspaper column A Little Bit Like Home, which appears in publications across Missouri. Through his books, columns, and speaking engagements, he continues to share stories that help readers laugh, reflect, and reconnect with the people and places that matter most. Tom and Beth live in St. Joseph, Missouri, where they enjoy traveling, antiquing, collecting license plates and yo-yos, and spending time with their growing family of grandchildren. Whether writing about a farm chore, a church pew, the state fair, or a quiet conversation, Tom believes the best stories are the ones that remind us who we are and where we came from.
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