| Dec 19, 2012 | Food / Farming|RoundupHe’s back. This week in OtherWords, columnist Donald Kaul makes a surprise return to weigh in on the chilling Newtown shootings. Since he’s still on the mend and says that life’s just so much better without deadlines, my best advice to his many...
| | Food / Farming“What are your Christmas traditions?” I asked the family I was staying with in Kenya earlier this year while doing some research. I wondered whether Kenyans decorated Christmas trees or awaited Santa Claus like American children do. My host’s...
| Dec 5, 2012 | Food / FarmingRemember the horrible murders in 1978 of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk? At the killer’s trial, his lawyer argued for leniency, saying that a steady diet of junk food had addled his client’s brain. That claim entered the...
| Nov 21, 2012 | Food / FarmingThe sky is falling! The End Times are upon us! It’s all over for America! And it’s all because of you working-class voters. That’s the wretched wail of a few corporate chieftains who claim to be somewhere between flummoxed and furious that Barack...
| Nov 20, 2012 | Food / FarmingWhat better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels? I’m talking about the growing movement of small farmers, food artisans, local retailers, co-ops, community organizers, restaurateurs, environmentalists, consumers, and others –...
| Nov 14, 2012 | Food / FarmingMy family has raised dairy cows on our farm in Monroe County near Kendall, Wisconsin, for almost 150 years. We’ve weathered the Great Depression, low milk prices, droughts, floods, and snowstorms. Despite difficulties, the dairy and related industries generate...
