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Earth Day. A Cleveland National Public Radio <\/em>show today featured a representative of the Ohio EPA, and a couple other guests, to talk about the ‘environmental state of Ohio.’ At one point, it was explained one of the biggest sources of “non-point” pollution were Ohio farms. One guest suggested farmers be assessed a fee (to help subsidize OEPA efforts) in relation to how much pollution each farm generates. I called in and said that idea is like: “rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.” Farmers these days are pumping exorbitant amounts of chemicals into their land, which is destroying valuable top soil and leaching into groundwater, which in turn is eventually polluting waterways, not only all over Ohio, but the country. What should be done, I said, is the inspiring of a tremendously stepped up program to encourage organic farming, across the board, in Ohio. I said as a parent, it’s unconscionable to think we’re leaving this environmental mess for our children. [My prayer this morning at Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in Cleveland was that on this Earth Day, we start to look at the environment as, not just a social issue — but a moral one.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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