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Just snap out of it – It’s ‘no-fault misfortune’, not ‘bad choices’ among most who need food assistance

Just snap out of it – It’s ‘no-fault misfortune’, not ‘bad choices’ among most who need food assistance

by Forrest Peterson | Nov 6, 2025 | Words on Paper

Marching along ‘grocery store alley’ in protest of possible cuts in food assistance. When I hear people blame ‘bad choices’ for someone’s needing to receive food or other public assistance benefits, the only actual bad choice I can think of is whom those...
Down to earth – Living with healthy soil is a gut-level experience

Down to earth – Living with healthy soil is a gut-level experience

by Forrest Peterson | Jul 31, 2025 | Words on Paper

Photo: Soil health guru Ray Archuleta holds up a clump of healthy soil at a recent field day in central Minnesota One day at a large craft show we visited the table of a vendor selling a variety of scented candles. One carried the label, ‘Dirt’. I held it to my nose...

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