Organic and Independent Farmers Feel Under Assault
On a trip to New England last week, my niece treated me to some really good salsa. It was made in Maine, we were in New Hampshire, and I’m now home in Pennsylvania, way south of where I can… Read the rest
The Lowly Groundhog: Long May They Live
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, Thursday.
That means there will be an additional six weeks of winter.
Or, it means there will be an early Spring.
It doesn’t make much difference. Phil has an accuracy rate of about 39… Read the rest
Clean air is, at least for now, expensive
A couple decades ago, I had a wife, two children and a 1977 Dodge van. The last had a 318-cubic-inch engine that powered me along at about 22 miles per gallon on the Interstate. But we more often measured… Read the rest
Top Hydroelectric Producing Nations
Nation Installed Gwh Capacities* 1. China 416,700 2. Canada 356,930 3. Brazil 336,800 4. USA 289,980 5. Russia 167,000 
Winter in New England
By the time this is readable, I won’t be where I am, visiting kinfolk in New England. I was raised near here, on the shore of a rather large pond – large enough to support three pair of loons,… Read the rest
