Molly Fisk: Suffer No Fools | Vox Populi
I woke in the dark and watched light rise up behind the trees, pale gray to a backlit lemon yellow turning gold and unlikely blue, the colors blossoming| Vox Populi
Now in its 50th season, the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market draws hundreds of vendors each Saturday from May to October, as shoppers buy flowers, baked goods, spices and produce. It’s a festive atmosphere with street musicians on the corners and families and their pets threading through the crowds. But amidst the vibrancy of one […] The post At the Des Moines farmers market, tariffs and inflation squeeze vendors appeared first on Investigate Midwest.| Investigate Midwest
Over the last four decades, America’s agricultural output has nearly doubled, as the production of livestock and crops has not only fed the nation but also fueled growing food demand in Asia and South America. But in the rural communities that have made the U.S. a global food power, residents are increasingly finding it difficult […] The post These rural communities feed the world. They’re also going hungry. appeared first on Investigate Midwest.| Investigate Midwest
I woke in the dark and watched light rise up behind the trees, pale gray to a backlit lemon yellow turning gold and unlikely blue, the colors blossoming| Vox Populi
Democratic VP candidate Tim Walz has deep roots in agriculture, having served on the House Agriculture Committee until he became governor.| Farm Policy News
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, July 21, 2024 Like most southern Illinois farms of my youth, my family had a closet filled with guns. It was just inside the living room and it held my father’s 12-gauge Marlin shotgun, his .22 caliber Remington pump rifle, brother Richard’s single-shot 20-gauge shotgun, brother David’s single-shot 410-shotgun, and my single-shot .22 [...]| Farm & Food File
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, June 9, 2024 The clothes we wore, like the crops we worked, marked the seasons on the dairy farm of my youth. Coveralls, for example, suggested winter while (ahem) “cover little” meant the hot, steamy southern Illinois summer. That was especially so for my brothers and me. If we were relegated to kitchen [...]| Farm & Food File
It’s imperative to understand and affirm drag’s critical role in these spaces as a signifier of enduring queer culture and social progress.| Spectrum South - The Voice of the Queer South
