6/5/06

Met with Meegan Kresge who is involved with Cleveland’s new “City Fresh” project. Sponsored by Ohio State University’s Agricultural Extension (and a number of other organizations), City Fresh is about inspiring “small scale agriculture” in the city. Ms. Kresge has … Continue reading

6/3/06

We had two used tires put on one of our campaign vehicles this week, because the campaign coffers didn’t have enough for new ones. (Have I mentioned we need campaign donations? … Schriner Presidential Election Committee, 2100 W. 38th St., … Continue reading

6/2/06

I went to a meeting on “affordable housing” last night on Cleveland’s near Westside. Attended by some 60 people, the meeting was sponsored by Neighborhood Voices, a dynamic group that has been proactively advocating for affodable housing in this area … Continue reading

5/31/06

Yesterday USA Today started an eye-opening series on the reality of global warming. A few weeks ago, the Cleveland Plain Dealer did an article on Case Western Reserve University professor Ted Steinberg and his new book: American Green: The Obsessive … Continue reading

5/17/06

I interviewed Paul Yoder in Apple Creek, Ohio. His farm sells “100% grassfed beef and lamb, pastured chicken, turkey, pork, eggs…” Mr. Yoder uses no artificial chemicals on his fields or artificial hormones with his livestock. He does everything naturally, … Continue reading

5/16/06

Liz and I gave a talk to an assembly of students at St. Mary’s School in Mansfield, Ohio yesterday. I said a strong platform point of ours was helping the marginilized in society. And several years ago we had moved … Continue reading

5/14/06

“Average Joe” sighting… Shortly after we drove into Cleveland, I got a call on my cell phone. It was Stephen Piscura who said he’d been following the campaign for awhile now and when he saw our vehicle going by an … Continue reading

1/16/06

For Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, my family and I road in a Koinonia Farm float in a parade through downtown Americus, Georgia, in the heart of the “Deep South.” As mentioned in an earlier journal entry, Koinonia Farm … Continue reading

12/12/05

Interviewed Christine Lee, who works for the non-profit Seeds of Literacy Adult Education Program in Cleveland. She said endemic to the inner city, students sometimes fall through the cracks when it comes to literacy. That is, they sometimes only learn … Continue reading