REAL ISSUES
Now that I've had a few days to reflect on the Monday PEOPLE VS. POISON rally at the U.S. Supreme Court, I'd like to share a wide-ranging thought. In case you missed it, I was one of 30 speakers…
ROGUE FOOD AUGUST
If you've never been to a Rogue Food Conference, perhaps this is the summer to come. It's like drinking out of a liberty firehose for two days. Lots of good food, too. John Moody and I host two of these a year, and the next one is here at Polyface…
SCOTUS PRESENTATION
Today I'm one of 30 speakers at the PEOPLE VS. POISON rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, which is hearing the final appeal of Bayer/Monsanto's case to get protection for glyphosate harms…
POLITICAL BLUNDERS
In 2025, President Trump issued an executive order terminating federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on the grounds that "neither entity presents a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens."…
PRIME ACT IS IN
The Farm Bill, which is now long overdue and supposedly on tap to be voted on in the next couple of months, still contains Congressman Thomas Massie's PRIME ACT…
SUPREME COURT RALLY AND INDIANA
A flurry of activity keeps me tied down in recent days to keep me from writing about issues. Two things have developed quickly that I want you to know about…
DEHUMANIZATION
I'm in LaGuardia airport waiting to board for my home-bound leg to Charlottesville and ran out of reading material. Right next to my gate is a WHSmith selling books so I figured I'd go in and see if they had something worth reading…
BOOTSTRAPPING PROTOCOL
I get lots of requests for how to start, many of which assume the best way is to find the magic grant or government program. Here is my answer to one such request today…
SCARED FARMERS
I'm in Vienna waiting to board to cross the Atlantic on my way back from Poland after a week of visiting and talking to farmers. Yesterday's seminar from 9-4 helped bring clarity to the themes that kept rising throughout the week. I finally put my finger on it this morning…
POLISH RULES
This is my last day in Poland; today I'll be talking to about 40 farmers in a brand new walk-in cooler made out of hemp blocks and powered by solar panels…
LICENSE TO FARM
I'm nearing the end of my week in Poland doing farm seminars and trying to keep all the interesting elements of Polish farming in my head to share…