The donkey and sheep
Side by side did sleep.
The chickens on their roost
Needed nightime rest to boost…
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The last time I cried throughout a public performance was in 1981 when, as a news reporter, I was assigned to cover commencement ceremonies at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind…
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On my flight back from Liberty Food Fest in Bellows Falls, Vermont I caught up with my The Economist magazine's 2025 predictions issue. Quite a bit of ink dealt with the apparently growing movement toward initiatives around the world, especially in Great Britain, to legalize assisted death…
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I’ve hosted numerous Nuffield scholars over the years. This is a British scholarship given to aspiring agriculture folks to travel the world and seek an answer to a burning question…
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The pictures saturate news feeds: President-elect Donald Trump eating McDonald's burgers, fries, and drinking Coke with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. participating, in Trump's plane…
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The year, 1981. Teresa and I were living in the farmhouse attic with our newborn son, Daniel, who today runs day-to-day operations. I was a reporter at our local newspaper, the only one on staff who had an interest in farming…
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Too many folks make their homesteads and farms overly difficult. For example, I've had folks who have Scottish Highlanders complain that the long horns constantly catch the electric fence, break something, and then the herd is out…
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Several years ago I reported about people hiring dating coaches to help youngsters communicate in person. Real interpersonal live social skills are so low people hire coaches to help them be socially present in the physical world…
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Anyone following the federal budget deficit knows we're heading into an abyss. I still have my dad's books from the 1970s about the impending recession and economic collapse…
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Behind the scenes of the Trump transition team, a wrestling match is shaping up for nominee as Secretary of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA). According to John Klar, writing in American Thinker, some 15 candidate names are in the pot…
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A couple of weeks ago the Wall Street Journal had a front page story titled "Cutting Meat and Sleeping on Floors" with the subtitle: "Haitian workers at JBS plant had tough jobs and tougher living conditions…
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Remember the first U.S. Dietary Guidelines from 1979? The infamous Food Pyramid? Twinkies and Nabisco crackers on the foundational bottom? Obesity and diabetes to follow?
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