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CAFTA pivotal to future of U.S. trade agreements
WASHINGTON – When you talk agriculture in Washington these days, you talk exports. Free
No coat, no shoes November
Eliza Blue ponders letting go of things you can’t control and how to appreciate the inevitable cold of winter.
Learning to appreciate what this year offers
Eliza Blue asks, “So, what do we hope for when our choices are between bad or worse? What do we hope for when we aren’t even sure which is which?”
Small changes can go far in preventing childhood obesity
Parents and physicians can work together to help a child make positive changes to their diet, physical activity and reaction to emotions.
Local food gaining ground in schools
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — October is “National Farm to School Month,” but efforts to link West Virginia school food programs and local farmers have been in full swing for the past year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) subsidizes meal programs and provides commodity foods to states, the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) sets nutrition
On the road: WDC, Boston and old age
Somewhere along the 2,684-mile, mid August drive from central Illinois to Washington, D.C., Newport, Boston and back, I crossed an unseen line into old age. Not 93-and-ailing old age; more like 53-and-getting-cranky old age. Talk radio The trip to the elderly began early Aug. 12, the day of the market-moving USDA crop report. Sliding up
Be thankful despite your troubles
In these very troubled times – national troubles, global troubles, financial troubles, violence troubles, climate and weather troubles, energy troubles, war troubles, strike troubles, health troubles, ad infinitum – there are many families who will surely have trouble being thankful this Thanksgiving Day.
The times they aren’t a-changin’
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt wonders if “take a penny, leave a penny” cups have caused a current currency crisis.
Toaster waffles no comparison to iron-made versions
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about waffles and wafers.
Weather factors aid rise of hog prices
Cash prices for live hogs are running from the low- to mid-$40 per hundredweight range, a $5-$6 cwt. increase since mid-February.
