Was interviewed by Jim Dullenty of the Lewistown (MT) News-Argus. I told him I would have signed the Kyoto Protocol to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and what’s more, as president I would push for more wind turbine intitiatives in Montana, … Continue reading
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We’ve driven west on I-94 to Richardton, North Dakota where I interviewed the Prioress of the Sacred Heart Monestary and Retreat Center, Sr. Ruth Fox. The nuns here installed the first commercial wind turbines in North Dakota back in 1994. … Continue reading
More of “this & that” from North Dakota: North Dakota, we learned, has .02% of the population of the U.S. So we’ve decided to campaign heavily here. Who says we need a political stategist, huh… Interviewed “Captain” Tim Miller, who … Continue reading
More summary stuff from the last week: Stood in solidarity with a group protesting and praying in front of the Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo, North Dakota. While there, I also interviewed Allie Keller, 19, who is actively involved … Continue reading
While in South Bend, Indiana, I interviewed Jonah Smith in regard to an expanded position paper we’re doing on the environment. Smith, who majored in Ecology at Rutgers University, said farm run off in the Mississippi River Watershed Region is … Continue reading
Just before leaving Ohio, the family and I helped an organic farmer in Bluffton hoe a field of beans. Hard, sweaty work. But clean, good work. More than a few times while out in the field, I’d look up to … Continue reading
We took a side trip to Bradford, Ohio where we met with Tim Axe who has just bought a 14 acre farm, his first. He has replaced a chemically sprayed soy bean field out front with a natural pasture where … Continue reading
We are back in Bluffton, Ohio, our old hometown. Last night I talked with a local farmer here who is switching his 60 acre farm to organic for “environmental stewardship” reasons. He told me before he would spend, on average, … Continue reading
We stopped in Mt. Hope, Ohio a couple days ago. And yesterday the campaign had us intersect with Gene Enz of Mt. Joy, Ohio. (Notice the ‘optomistic’ tenor, hope, joy… [sorry]) Anyway, Enz is a farmer who told me he … Continue reading
We have launched on our next tour, first stop: Mt. Hope, Ohio (pop. 2,000). Author Gene Logsdon has called Mt. Hope the best town in Ohio. Why? Mt. Hope is Amish, and for the most part: sustainable. That is, the … Continue reading