This book notes that we need a “…plant-soil partnership that improves the productive and protective qualities of the farm.” I recently interviewed a philosophy professor at Ohio Northern University who teaches a “Food Ethics” class and questions whether this is … 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 →
Traveled some on the back roads of Ohio this last week… I stopped at the National American Bicycle Museum in New Bremen, Ohio. [Our platform calls for a shift to much more bicycling and walking in America.] While stumping in … 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 →
During part of our Florida Panhandle Tour last month, we met Beth and Patrick Stanley in Defuniak Springs, Florida. This is a mom and her 31-year-old son. Patrick has Down Syndrome and still lives at home. Beth … Continue reading →
Catching up on our last week in Ohio… We’ve come to farm country near the mid-western border of Ohio for a pit stop. This afternoon I was out in a barn putting up bales of hay… Earlier in … Continue reading →
On our tour back north last week, we made several stops in Kentucky. In Glasgow, KY, we passed out literature on the street and then, well, experienced some engine problems with our ’78 camper. Specifically, it was blowing … Continue reading →
I talked with Larry Bubeck in North Star, Ohio (pop. 136), yesterday. He has an auto-mechanic shop in North Star, looks to be in his late 40s and was full of small town common sense. He said, for … Continue reading →
I talked at an Organic Farm Festival in Yorkshire, Ohio, over the weekend. More than 200 people attended the festival. It was conducted at Dan Kremer’s Eat Food For Life Farm. I said one of the things … Continue reading →
Buckeye Back Road Tour completed: We ‘fought the good fight.’ For the past three days, we continued on through central Ohio, stumping in places like Yorkshire, Versailles, Plain City… On Election Day (today), we were in Columbus where … Continue reading →