Shouldn’t we push speaking English?
You always wonder, on the first day of daylight-saving time, whether anyone will sheepishly arrive at church just as the service is ending.
A country of contradictions
I watched the huge muskrat swim toward the bank of the Jordan River below me. Zooming in with my long camera lens, I snapped a shot to give to Mahoning County native Karl Gebhardt who was about to be baptized (we're talking "dunking" here) in the shallow river.
Israel’s attempt to reinvent itself
(Note: Editor Susan Crowell is traveling with an agricultural trade mission to Israel. This is her first report, filed after arriving in Tel Aviv.
Gentlemen, start your ag engines
Do you want the good news or the bad news? Thing is, you can't separate the two, when you talk about farm economics.
Don’t be too proud to grab a partner
Last week, we talked about trends that shouldn't surprise anyone: the generation gap, agriculture beyond food and fiber, and learning to "be human.
Future shouldn’t come as a surprise
Adapt. Flex, Experience. Create. Focus. Partner. Shift. Imagine. Start. Enjoy. These are futurist Jim Carroll's 10 "great words for 2006," and they're a good fit for January's new beginnings.
Focus: What do you want to do?
The calendar officially says December. The holidays. The pace. The weather. The end of the year. The year's 12th month is either welcome or despised: a reminder of tasks undone or accomplished, of goals unmet or fulfilled, and of plans waylaid or on track.
Is that a Superfund site or a farm?
White HAZMAT suits. That's what I think of when I hear the words "Superfund site." White suits with self-contained breathing apparatus, gloves, boots.
Making farmland preservation work
The screen in the darkened room showed a rural road now bordered on the left by new homes. "I used to farm this," said Knox County's Tim Norris as he flipped to the next slide.
Protecting at-risk farm children
I tuck my two teenage children in bed several nights a week. At least I go into their bedrooms and pretend I can't see the "Oh Mom!" roll of the eyes as I sit on their beds.
