Sorry I didn’t do my usual Weekend Linkity-Link. I was sooo tired last night, and had plans to be up at 5:00 a.m. today to leave by 6:00 a.m. for Iowa City. Olivia had an otolaryngology appointment and hearing test scheduled today – a follow-up on her new eardrum. However Mother Nature slapped us down with a nice mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain. Our school district got all the kids to school, and then sent them all home a half hour later! I guess it counts as a day, so it won’t have to be made up later. But still!
Look for the Weekend Linkity-Link to return next Sunday with double (double!) the links from my favorite blogs. Now on to today’s news!
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“With many legislative hiccups along the way, Congress is rapidly deciding the fate of America’s food supply: what’s grown, how it’s produced and by whom, and how that food will affect our health and the planet.”
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Organic farming and world hunger
“The question is not whether organic farming can feed the world. Except for the last several anomalous decades, it always has, since the beginning of gardening. The question is ‘How long will it take us to recover from the damages of modern, industrial agriculture?'”
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Cut back ethanol cheerleading; welcome discussion of concerns
“Discussions around Iowa reveal many are skeptical about the wisdom of the “all ethanol, all the time” approach we have adopted, but the concerns feel almost unfaithful.”
A piece from the Des Moines Register opinion page. I get as much from reading the comments as from reading the article.
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