President Obama Visits Iowa Organic Farm

The Hawk Eye John Gaines MOUNT PLEASANT — Morgan Hoenig never thought she would wind up back in her hometown after college. A graduate of Luther College who studied history, Spanish and international studies, Hoenig didn’t anticipate going into the organic farming business, either. Mostly, though, she couldn’t have expected her unlikely career path would […]

Taxpayer Subsidized Manure Digesters Stimulate Factory Farm Pollution

By John Kinsman What is the latest taxpayer-subsidized economic stimulus scheme? Why, manure digesters on factory farms, of course! At the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled plans to promote manure digesters as a way to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent. The […]