Environmental cancer risks are huge
No matter what your philosophy or location or whatever, we should all "strongly support environmental cancer research and measures that will reduce or remove from the environment toxins that are known or suspected carcinogens or endocrine-disrupting chemicals."
Survey results help farm employers decide workers’ wages and benefits
Compensation of farm employees is a critical component of agriculture today. Farm employers must provide adequate levels of compensation if they expect to attract...
Focusing on the positives of your loved one is best
Having been laid out like a limp rag with a stomach bug has given me plenty of time to think. First, I think the...
Emotion trumps science every time: Farmers need to ‘start with why’
When you start talking from your passion, and not your science, all of a sudden, farming becomes more relevant, more meaningful to everyone else, because they, too, want to protect the environment or care about animal welfare, and can do that by supporting you.
Horse drawn plows: Just a matter of preference
Someone recently asked me why some horse drawn plows throw the furrow to the left, while others (most in fact) throw them to the...
Marriage is not a sport, it is a team effort
It was just a little something I overheard from a television report. I don’t like television much and could very happily exist without one....
The great goat escape
Regular readers will recall that I recently stalked, er, assisted, a woman in finding a home for her wayward goat.Eavesdropping in a local salon...
Valuable online resources for farmers
The spring of 2010 has been exceptional. It has been great to see the progress our farmers are making across northeast Ohio and northwest...
The Wilds animal park is a dream come true
Back in the summer of 1993 I eagerly awaited the release of Jurassic Park and its promise of computer-generated, live action footage of dinosaurs.Dinosaurs...
FSA Andy says May is deadline to apply for MALs and LDPs
Hello Again,Is it spring or summer? The beautiful, warm and relatively dry weather lately has really confused me! It is only the beginning of...
