With unemployment, food scares and demands on food banks all up, the time is now for an organic revolution. President Obama and Congress are currently considering a massive financial stimulus package to rescue our economy. Absent from the discussion has been any reference to supporting a sustainable and organic food system. ...more

February 4, 2009

Welfare as we knew it ended years ago. But not for farmers. ...more

May 20, 2008

Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, at age 38 and having served less than five terms, did not leap over a dozen of his seniors to become ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee by bashing GOP leaders. But an angry Ryan last Wednesday delivered unscripted remarks on the House floor as the farm bill neared passage: "This bill is an absence of leadership. This bill shows we are not leading." ...more

May 20, 2008

The Pentagon pumped nearly $100 million into Pasco County in 2006, a dramatic increase over recent years, according to a recently released government report. ...more

May 18, 2008

I would like to start with a simple equation. Government spending equals government taxes. When government taxes are not enough, then red ink is applied. There is much ado about taxes being too high, unfair etc. but we rarely get excited over government spending. The reason being, is that we are recipients of government spending in one form or another, such as: welfare, housing subsidies, farm subsidies, food stamps, subsidies for colleges and tuition, building stadiums for high priced athletes, and the infamous congressional earmarks and many more. ...more

February 18, 2008