a slice, or rather a ‘stalk,’ of Joe’s agriculture research notes Corn is the most produced crop in America, coming in at about $24 billion a year. There are a significant amount of U.S. government subsidies for growing corn. This, … Continue reading
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“Its the economy stupid!” This political campaign slogan mantra is bandied about, either implied or implicit, in every presidential campaign cycle. Ours, however, is a different take on the “economy.” As an example: I was just reading in the book … Continue reading
A vignette that’s emblematic of the crux of some of the article. –photo by Robin Hammond I just read a rather detailed article on “African agriculture” in National Geographic magazine. It noted that it was on the rise and that … Continue reading
Joe working on an organic farm in Lisbon, Ohio –photo by Steven Piscura It will be a ‘Plimpton presidency,’ as it has been a ‘Plimpton candidacy.’ George Plimpton was a “participatory sports journalist.” That is, he would actually play whatever … Continue reading
Continuing to catch up on last couple months… I recently interviewed Bluffton farmer Greg Probst at his “Century Farm” for a local newspaper article. He grows everything organically, has free-range chickens (no antibiotics), etc., etc., etc… He said he … Continue reading
I was reading some of The Available Man (Warren Harding) today. The book noted that in choosing his Cabinet, Harding wanted to “…have a popular group of the best minds around him.” With my Cabinet, I don’t know so much … Continue reading
In the book A Farewell to Alms (A Brief Economic History of the World), author Gregory Clark writes of the Industrial Revolution: “The classic description has also suggested that significant technological advances across disparate sectors of the economy contributed to … Continue reading
The book Cambodia (A Shattered Society) notes that under the Khmer Rouge regime, there were “mobile brigades” of youth, and adults, who worked exhaustively each day in the fields of agriculture, industry and fishing. What’s more, they were rationed merely … Continue reading
I was just reading today in Harry Truman’s Where The Buck Stops book about his reflections on President Lincoln. Truman noted that Lincoln, as a youth, not only worked on his parent’s family farm, but he was also hired out … Continue reading
Met recently with Dan Kremer in Yorkshire, Ohio. He is an organic farmer who is an absolute evangelist for Catholic Rural Life Association teaching. He grows organically because he believes the artificial herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers are bad for the … Continue reading