by Forrest Peterson | Aug 6, 2026 | Words on Paper
Minnesota gubernatorial candidates at the Minnesota FarmFest candidate forum Aug. 5, (L-R): Amy Klobuchar, Lisa Demuth, Mike Lindell, Kendall Qualls. With all the contentiousness these days among issues involving politics, economics, and culture including religion,...
by Forrest Peterson | Jun 11, 2026 | Words on Paper
A carpet of corn covers a field behind our house in central Minnesota. In late spring, seeing new crops in fields and gardens, if you wait long enough it seems as if you can almost see the corn and soybeans sprouting from the soil. Nature doing what it always does,...
by Forrest Peterson | Mar 26, 2026 | Words on Paper
Temple Grandin signed her books at a recent conference. Not very often do I feel some emotion while watching a movie. Ironically, it happened recently with a movie about someone whose autism often interfered with emotion and expressions of affection in human...
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...
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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