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By Richard Oswald
Ag and Trade | Politics and Government
12/15/2008
Instead of a Secretary of Food — a New York Times suggestion — what we need is a Secretary of Agriculture who respects farmers and rural communities.
Richard Oswald describes how the mega-consolidated food industry puts us at risk for losing a reliable food supply -- until they figure out how to roll wheat off the press.
'It's amazing what a few thousand dollars at the right moment can do to help people keep on working and making a living.' Thank you, Farmers Home Administration.Ag and Trade | Politics and Government
11/12/2008
Tom Vilsack has never been a farmer, but he has been to St. Joseph, Missouri. And he's likely to be the next Secretary of Agriculture.
When the results come in Tuesday evening, The Daily Yonder will have the breakdown from rural America. Before the polls close, however, vote.
Rick Oswald has tried before to win an election. And lost. But the point of democracy is to run, and so that's what he's doing again.
How do you make a farmer stand still? With difficulty, and just long enough for the shutter to click.
Since my dad's time, we've lost not only the right to plant our own seed, but to make a profit.
This Labor Day, Richard Oswald honors workers with developmental disabilities -- and sheltered workshops, like the one in Rock Port, Missouri, that keep providing jobs for them. Arts and Culture | Cool Places
08/01/2008
Bolt-sitting, baby-kissing, and $1000 pies -- the county fairs of Northwest Missouri couldn't happen but once a year. Thank heaven, they still do.
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