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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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? 

 I've had gnawing problems with the phrases MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN and MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN.  Someone gave me a hat with MAKE AGRICULTURE GREAT AGAIN emblazoned on the front.  All of these have a problem…

Last weekend I was in Switzerland doing a seminar and enjoyed talking with folks from several European countries.  They were all quick to remind me that the U.S. is normally about a decade behind whatever is happening in Europe…

By now I'm sure you've heard plenty about the McDonald's e.coli outbreak that killed one and sickened 49 folks in multiple states…

The deplorables and garbage people won again.  Can you believe it? 

                  I've been contacted by the Trump transition team to hold some sort of position within the USDA and have accepted one of the six "Advisor to the Secretary" spots…

I'm at the airport, through TSA (Thousands Standing Around), with my boarding passes waiting to go to Zurich, Switzerland to speak at the Soil to Soul Symposium on Saturday…