Jimmy Carter and Dr. Norman Borluag, who helped bring a “Green Revolution” to India and Pakistan in the early 1970s by increasing their rice and other food grain production, began a similar grassroots movement among small farmers in Africa. The … Continue reading
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The Senate is weighing a bill that would pull some subsidies from farmers, cutting about $5 billion from the Federal Budget annually. The genesis for farm subsidies came during the Great Depression and were safety nets for small farmers to … Continue reading
After finishing our last tour, we have stopped at a farm in western Ohio. Here we’ve been involved with most every aspect of farming: baling hay, helping with a big garden, feeding the animals (cows, chickens, sheep…). … Continue reading
While in Southhold, New York (at the eastern end of Long Island), I learned that to curb over crowding” in this rather well-to-do area, zoning now only allows for one single family dwelling on an acre of land. I … Continue reading
Our Rocky Mountain High Tour moved into Canon City where Liz, the kids and I got in a sandlot football game with some local kids. I then stumped with some spectators at a local tennis match. And then … Continue reading
I met with Baylor University professor Tyler Horner again. He said adolescents today are flooded with choices around computer technology, television choices, other entertainment options… And in all this they have the luxury of (and time for) tremendously self-focused … Continue reading
I was interviewed by the Americus Times-Recorder yesterday. I noted Koinonia Farm, where we’re currently doing some research, has a perma-culture. (This is a design system for sustainable human habitats that work in harmony with nature to … Continue reading
I interviewed a man in Atlanta who was with the Special Forces. (He requested anonymity.) He said he was sent to a country in Central America during the Reagan era. He was there to train rebel troops … Continue reading
We have come to the Open Door Community near the heart of urban Atlanta, Georgia, to look at poverty issues. The Open Door is a Catholic Worker Community that takes in the homeless and also provides regular meals and … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: We ended our pit-stop in Cleveland and have headed back out onto the back roads of Ohio. In Wooster, Ohio, farmer Ed Schafrath (brother of former Cleveland Brown Dick Schafrath), told me he … Continue reading