by John Klar | Apr 13, 2024 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
The Biden administration’s assault on farmers now includes an openly racist and sexist dimension: allocating $25 billion in federal disaster relief funds to stricken farmers based solely on race and gender. The USDA has dispensed funds using this social justice...
by John Klar | Jan 4, 2024 | Articles, Climate Change, Opinion
Climate change activists increasingly target agriculture as a primary source of greenhouse gas emissions and pollution. Too often this translates into condemnation of gentle cows or the pleasures of meat-eating, instead of drawing attention to proper farming practices...
by John Klar | Nov 18, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Social Issues
Evidence of chemical threats to human health from contaminated foods has grown in recent decades. Planning a healthy path through the labyrinth of grocery ingredient labels is a challenge. As Americans celebrate their favorite annual holiday of Thanksgiving, a few...
by John Klar | Nov 4, 2023 | Articles, Climate Change, Good Reads, Opinion
President Joe Biden has kicked off an “Investing in Rural America Events Series,” which he claims will boost economic growth in rural America and bolster farms. However, inspecting under the hood of the new $5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act spending reveals that...
by John Klar | Oct 4, 2023 | Articles, Editor's Choice, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The most recent attacks on farming by the Biden administration unveiled recently are cloaked in wildlife protection regulations. At the end of September, a broad coalition of “farmers, cattle ranchers, hunters, landowners and energy companies,” according to Fox...