Industrial Agriculture and GMO’s

I grew up with a strong support for the power of technology…But the abuses perpetrated in the name of technological advancement of agriculture in the past few decades have left

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The Real Health Care Reform

Something I keep pushing in the healthcare reform debate…Agriculture is key to real reform. Recently a team of designers from M.I.T. and Columbia was asked by the foundation of the

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The Status Quo Leads To What?

America spends twice as much on healthcare as other developed nations for worse results, yet real reform remains stalled. Opponents successfully muddy the debate, offering weak alternatives like Health Savings Accounts while private insurers prepare to profit off mandates and subsidies without genuine cost controls—leaving consumers and the country at risk.

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Muses About the State of Agriculture

Nicholas Kristof, writing in his column, had what I think is probably the best definition I have ever seen of the state of our agriculture… I think I figured out

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The Hijacking of Health Insurance Reform

…the public — struggling with the worst economic downturn since the 1930s — is looking on with great anxiety and confusion. If the drug companies and the insurance industry are

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Reforming an Ex-President’s Reputation?

Cheney’s disappointment with the former president surfaced recently in one of the informal conversations he is holding to discuss the book with authors, diplomats, policy experts and past colleagues. If

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“Great Stories Come Out Of Great Farming”

I have been incredibly blessed to be able to combine this love of calloused hands with dramatic and verbal skills. And that is why I promote direct marketing. Too often

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Our Friends Across The Atlantic Can Not Figure Us Out…

LONDON — In America, the health care debate is about to come to a boil. President Barack Obama has put pressure on both houses of Congress to pass versions of

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