– Editorial – - Vote “YES” to Cornell referendum

The House Committee on Agriculture passed the Farm, Food and National Security Act, March 5, taking the first step in yet another attempt to pass new farm bill legislation. The bill was approved on a vote of 34-17, with all Republican members joined by seven Democrats, to pass the bill. The vote followed a two-day mark-up, in which committee members were allowed to present amendments, and voice...

I grew up in a rural community and am proud of it. I was a farm kid, living at the end of a dead-end road, in a town of about 500 folks, scattered throughout the 36 square miles. Our cultural center was maybe two dozen residents, who lived in a few houses around the Franklin Store and my grandfather’s former gas station, across the road. The closest larger communities were Melrose, Ettrick...