This is the unmarked grave of John Froelich. Born in 1849 in the town of Froelich, Iowa, which was named after his family obviously, Froelich was a tinkerer of that classic 19th century type. He attended the College of Iowa and then went into his...
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On January 10, 1939, tenant farmers in the Missouri Bootheel created roadside protests for the rights of tenants and for a rural New Deal, a symbol of the long-term struggles.
This is the grave of Orville Freeman. Born in 1918 in Minneapolis, Freeman grew up a Depression child. His father owned a clothing store but he went bankrupt due to.
A waiter sets up a table in the outdoor dining area on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in which Gov. Gavin Newsom, who later called it a "bad mistake," attended a birthday dinner at the French Laundry in Yountville. (Courtesy photo) Gavin Newsom comes out of...
The Green Revolution certainly has produced a vast amount of crops that has fed the world. Can't really argue with that. But the use of massive petrochemicals is also not.
Most of the attention on water supplies in the Southwest as to do with the region's exploding population. Fair enough, and I'm not sure the fountains at the Bellagio are.
With fire season upon us and the now annual plumes of smoke everywhere, pouring into our lungs and making us forget what summer in the Northwest used to be like, the Washington Farm Bureau is making sure that farmworkers get maximum exposure to smoke. In...
As the Bundys and their merry band of fascists descend on the Klamath River to try and start another war with federal officials there, the reality is that the Klamath.
We have known for a long time that the lightly regulated pollution in American agriculture was deleterious to human health. Now we have some data to help us understand just.
This is the grave of Cyrus McCormick. Born in 1809 in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, he grew up a tinkerer. His father was an inventor of agricultural machines. The father had long thought about the idea of a mechanical reaper. So in the early 1830s, he...
The plight of farmers of color is finally getting a little attention in America. There was a lot of consternation over Biden picking Tom Vilsack to return to Agriculture since.
I've long written about working and living conditions in American agriculture. Like with everything else, COVID-19 has only exacerbated the inequality being farmworkers and consumers. The terrible, crowded, dirty, poisonous.