Monthly Archives: October 2008
The Great Debate
Since it's an election year, Mike and Linda Dussel of Dussel Farm in Brimfield, Ohio, have created a mock debate about pumpkins and cornstalks...
Good stress? Never heard of it
Reading the daily horoscope is always good for a laugh, especially when it predicts wonderful romantic encounters plus great wealth and adventurous travel.Mine for...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 23, 2008
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Dogs, logs and crackers
My daughter is standing before me, crying. She is also limping and dragging her foot in a way that implies she might, in fact,...
Need to find common ground for our food systems
Editor:We are capable of providing food for America without destroying natural resources, without creating a society plagued with health problems resulting from our food...
It was a dirty job, but we had to do it
Listening to politicians discuss our energy challenges in this country, coal as a power source comes up again and again. It makes me feel...
The Wiener Roast at Toby’s
The Bigelow's Scotch terrier was the first thing I spotted when I got out of our van. Frolicking among the company who gathered at...
Farm future: We are not the enemy
Agriculture received interesting attention recently as the cover story in Wired magazine, the recognized voice of new technology.Wait a minute. Farming in a geek...
At least agriculture pays dividends
Call it coincidence, serendipity, interstellar planetary alignment, whatever, but two events Oct. 13 proved again economics is the most refreshingly maddening subject (I cannot...
FSA Andy for Oct. 23, 2008
Hello again, friends!The 2008 farm bill made several changes to Farm Service Agency farm loans. The Down Payment real estate loan program has been...
