If you want to get something done, be somebody
“Politics should not be merely a spectator sport.”
— Lyndon Johnson
I did not set out to become an activist. It just sort of...
25 Ways to Enjoy Soy Foods
April is Soyfoods Month. Serve something soy.
Hazard A Guess: Week of April 17, 2008
Hello from Hazard!
Another faithful Hazard-ite, Edward Wanchock of Sewickley, Pa., joined Joe Betz (who responded last week that it looked like a wrench for...
Don’t complain with your mouth full
The last time the hefty price of wheat was a dinner conversation topic the then-secretary of agriculture, Earl Butz, hit the road to deflect...
Waste not want not in ‘hard times’
Whatever happened to the March lamb? Did the ferocious March lion have lamb for lunch before slinking back to his lair, growling and lashing...
Hazard A Guess: Week of April 10, 2008
Hello from Hazard!
Faithful Hazard-ite Joseph Betz of Library, Pa., was the only one to proffer a guess on Item No. 829.
He has something similar...
Stop ‘captive supplies’ in farm bill
Guest CommentaryBy George Chambers
BILLINGS, Mont. — My parents, wife and I are the fifth- and sixth-generation owners of 27 Cattle Co., in Carrollton, Ga....
Telephone Monster
My ringing telephone triggers a dread deep in my gut. I may be interrupting what I’m doing for no good reason. The people on...
Aunt Barbie: Forever missed, but never forgotten
There are losses of loved ones in our lives which time does not diminish. The pain of loss remains sharp; the joy of a...
Food fight: Who’s to blame?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many headlines about farming and food prices. “Food crisis,” declares a Washington Post editorial. “Why are global...
