| Dec 9, 2020 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingAmerica certainly has an abundance of food, even though many Americans do not. We face a momentous choice of whether to pursue a food future rooted in the ethic of sustainable agri-culture — or one based on the exploitative ethic of agri-industry. What better symbol...
| Dec 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyYears ago, Robert Kennedy noted that progress is hard. “Progress is nice,” he said, “but its agent is change, and change has its enemies.” Kennedy’s recognition that gutsy, honest leadership is necessary to confront wealthy interests and advance the common good...
| Oct 29, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedDonald Trump’s idea of a good farm program seems to be “Hee Haw. On a recent trip to Wisconsin, he drew guffaws from the state’s hard-hit dairy farmers by proclaiming that — thanks to his policies — the farm economy was looking good. “We’re over the hump,” he gloated....
| Aug 21, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingDonald Trump loves farmers. We know this because he says so. “Farmers, I LOVE YOU!” he declared in December. But he’s been “loving” them to death, with policies that are causing farm prices to tumble, miring our ag economy in the ditch and creating a rising tsunami...
| Aug 14, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming“MAGA,” blusters Donald Trump — Make America Great Again! America’s ranching families, however, would like Trump to come off his high horse and get serious about a more modest goal, namely: Make America COOL Again. COOL stands for Country-of-Origin-Labeling, a...