Today I talked with author Lynn Miller who is an expert on “Socially Responsible Investing.” Before investing in a company, Miller looks at a company’s track record when it comes to things like: fair wage, social justice outreach, environmental stewardship… … Continue reading
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Today I met with a family who moved to a small farm in the village of Maria Stein, Ohio a couple years ago. They are from California, and felt compelled to get “back to the land.” They eat their produce … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. A cluster of last minute e-mails of support have come in. A pastor of a small church in Kentucky wrote that he was struck with our message of “simplicity, concern for life, compassion for the … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. We were greeted today back in Bluffton by a front page article in the Findlay Courier newspaper about our campaign. Reporter Steve Dillon, who has written several good articles on our campaign over the years, … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. This morning we drove into Cleveland for a whistle-stop in front of the West Side Market on the near west side. As we pulled up, a Cleveland documentary crew just happened to be out in … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Last night our kids, and some of the other neighborhood kids, raked a big, and I mean big, pile of leaves. Then for about an hour, we developed what I’m sure will become a new … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Talked to a Sunday School class (7th and 8th graders) at St. Thomas Moore Church in Bowling Green, Ohio today about the famine and violence affecting youth their age in the Sudan currently. I asked … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Stumped at M.R. Mack’s restaurant in downtown Logan, Ohio early this morning and talked with Logan Daily News columnist Edgar “Bud” Simpson. He said growing up in northern Maine he watched as clear cutting and … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Spent the day with Tim and Ann Miller in Lisbon, Ohio. They have a small family farm they are raising their seven children on. And they practice “apostolic farming.” They look at farming as a … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Was interviewed by the editor of the newspaper in Cadiz, Ohio, today. I said we saw one of the biggest travesties in America is the demise of the small family farm, because farmers are not … Continue reading