Watchdog bites the hands that fed it
Despite over-promised and underpaid by millions of dollars, the 100 or so producer-members of Meadowbrook Farms Cooperative said little during a recent public meeting...
Leo’s Look at Love
Leo Buscaglia was a cheerleader for life. "Life is a banquet," he would say, quoting from the movie Auntie Mame, "and most poor fools are starving to death." He was most closely associated with the topic of love and human relationships, emphasizing the value of positive human touch, especially hugs.
I guess I’ll have to send myself flowers
My husband and I don't take much stock in Valentine's Day cards and such. One year, I shamed him into getting me a heart-shaped...
Let’s go on rural broadband
One the biggest drawbacks of living in rural America is the high cost and low quality of connectivity: antiquated dial-up Internet speeds, costly satellite...
Gullibility: Not-so-PC virus
Warning: Many Internet users are becoming infected by a virus that causes them to believe without question every groundless urban legend and dire warning...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Feb. 12, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Ohio’s minimum wage rate increased
A quick look at a few business-related topics this month. The first of the year brought an increase in Ohio's minimum wage rate. For...
The 2009 Great Backyard Bird Count is a success
The highlights of this year's Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 13-16 are likely to include reports of northern species moving south in huge numbers....
An unwelcome guest on the farm
"Winter in Missouri. The coyotes are singing almost every night now down in the hollow, the creek bed that runs below my southern boundary....
Good food helps us get through winter
If there is anything more rib-sticking, more delicious, more comforting, more warming to the cockles of your heart in these continuing assaults by King...
