Considering how long it’s been since I did a digest, there’s remarkably little local food news that seems to need passing on. Here, nevertheless, are some items of interest. Farm Bill again, and still. They’re finally getting around to resolving differences between the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill. Our state’s pawn of [...]
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Quiet week in the local food news, at least as far as I can find. Still, here are a few nuggets. Hunters hunt, hungry eat. A Kansas group donates deer that is processed, packaged and given to low-income families. Win, win, win. Casbah open for business. After many months of anticipation, the Casbah Market is [...]
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Among the small bits of good news regarding the Senate’s vote on Friday on the Farm Bill and various amendments was the news that one of my senators actually voted for the Dorgan-Grassley amendment that would have capped commodity payments to farmers at $250,000. I’d called the senator’s office a month ago or so, and [...]
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Two interesting things appeared in the KC Star this morning, both in the same story. Interesting item #1: The Star, here in the heart of the farm belt, finally put a farm bill story on page 1. Maybe there’s been another one, but I missed it. Interesting item #2: According to the article, none other [...]
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The 2007 Farm Bill is back in the news, back on reformers’ agendas—and back to annoying me. The Farm Bill, like lots of political balls, provokes my political bipolar tendencies as I swing back and forth from idealism to cynicism. On the one hand, I understand and support the idea that this country needs an [...]
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The Trust for America’s Health today released its annual report on obesity, and, no surprise, we learn Americans are fat and getting fatter. At that link, you can read the news release or the entire report issued by the trust, a nonpartisan nonprofit group, including state by state information. I can report, consequently, that Kansas [...]
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