9/12/08

Buckeye Back Roads Tour cont.:   It’s been somewhat of a whirlind since we launched on this final tour through Ohio.   We stopped in Yorkshire, Ohio, where we met with the Kremers and the Smiths, both organic farming families … Continue reading

8/26/08

We traveled further west to Norwalk, Ohio, where we were asked to participate in a Farmer’s Market that’s coordinated by Chrissy Houtz.   Houtz is a Vegan vegetarian who  opposes the cruelty of factory farming.   We also discussed, among … Continue reading

4/28/08

Buckeye Back Roads Tour cont.:   Campaigning last week, we spent the weekend at Ann and Tim Miller’s small farm in Lisbon, Ohio.   They practice: “Apostolic Farming.”   That is, they look at farming as a sacred trust between … Continue reading

4/1/08

I talked to a farmer from Othello, Washington, over the weekend.   She said that on a farm you are tremendously dependent on oil products.   Not only do you need gasoline to power tractors, combines, and the like, but … Continue reading

12/4/07

Notes from my wife (and ‘almost First Lady’)  Liz:   “As we often do when we are home in Cleveland, I and the children volunteered at the Storefront Drop-In Center on Saturday morning.   The Storefornt is a Catholic Worker … Continue reading

10/12/07

We met with Tim and Ann Miller in Lisbon, Ohio.   They practice “apostolic farming.”   That is, they look at the land as a gift from God and do everything organically —  instead of pumping toxic pesticides, herbacides and … Continue reading

11/17/06

I wrote a letter to the editor of several rural Ohio newspapers this week explaining about a “church farm” that we’d researched in Neola, Iowa, during Campaign 2000.   An area farmer there left his 400-acre farm to St. Patrick’s … Continue reading