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Fact checking Kamala Harris

1 year 2 months ago
The New York Times must have been pretty desperate to find a few fact checks on Kamala Harris: It wasn't $1 trillion, it was $700 billion. Seriously? This is misleading? Another fact check dings Harris for saying they've created 800,000 manufacturing jobs when the real number is 739,000. Another upbraids her for saying correctly that ...continue reading "Fact checking Kamala Harris"
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Earthworms On The Farm: Rosy Buck Grows in Circles

1 year 2 months ago

Sustainable farming is both lifestyle and full-time job for Holly Evans, Randy Buck and their three children. Holly and Earthworms host Jean Ponzi "tour" this young family's 15+ acre Rosy Buck Farm on a hillside property in Leasburg, MO, where Randy digs circular vegetable beds!

      

Third in Earthworms' series featuring local farmers certified by Known & Grown STL, our regional sustainable food brand, this conversation explores Rosy Buck's search for land, learning process, and joyful commitment to farming, overall.

               

Rosy Buck Farm brings their bounty to Sol Market (Maplewood), Wednesdays 3:30-6:30, to Point Labadie Thursdays 4:30-7:30 (through Sept 26) and Wildwood Saturdays 8-noon (through Oct 6). Check the farm's websiite for 2025 CSA subscription info. They proudly hold Golden Beet Certification from Known & Grown STL. 

Thanks to Jon Valley, KDHX Production Stalward, and to Andy Heaslet, audio engineer for Earthworms On The Farm series.

Related Earthworms Conversations:

Nancy Lawson, the Humane Gardener (Feb 2019)
Kate Estwing Grows, Arranges Loves . . . Slow Flowers (Jan 2018)

Parkside Primary School Principal Shares His Navy Experience with Students on 9/11

1 year 2 months ago
BETHALTO - This year, Parkside Primary School students learned about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks from a member of the Navy who responded to the attacks — their principal, Aaron Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick explained that his aircraft carrier was rerouted to the Arabian Sea and participated in Operation Enduring Freedom from October to December 2001. Now as an educator, he makes it a point to talk to students about what happened on 9/11 and how we can remember those who were lost. “It was obviously a significant moment in American history and also in my personal life. I didn’t experience Sept. 11 the way most people around here did. I was actually out on deployment and part of a response,” Kilpatrick said. “I bring it back to making sure that we remember, why we remember, the importance of remembering and coming together when bad things happen, and also showing gratitude for our first responders.” Parkside Primary School is made up of secon

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