Prairie Writers Circle backs nature friendly crops outreach
Ed Sweden of The Post notes the front page opinion feature on environmental topics is gaining traction in major markets like Chicago and Los Angeles. Harris Rayl, director, discusses the National Prairie Writers Circle and The Land Institute in Salina which promotes farmer authored pieces to about 100 large newspapers. The Kansas Prairie Writers Circle similarly distributes to state papers, with last year’s piece by Dan Nagengast on genetically modified crops highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Johnson
National Prairie Writers Circle
The
Land Institute
Chicago
Washington
Los Angeles
Harris Rays
Writers Circle
Salina Journal
Kansas Prairie Writers Circle
State Circle
Dan Nagengast
Lawrence
Kansas Rural
Cheap food policies center Johnson column in Denver Post
Paul W Johnson, Kansas writer and sustainable agriculture advocate, discusses the true costs of cheap food policies in a forthcoming Denver Post column found on page 7B of today's Journal-World. He urges broader debate on agriculture impacts, soil loss, rural economic decay, and obesity links to fast food, while questioning university independence and corporate influence on agricultural research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Johnson
Denver Post
Journal- World
Johnson
Prairie Farmers Alliance
Jahnson
Med Center students open free clinic in Wyandotte County
Med Center students, eight undergraduate volunteers and volunteer physicians will run a free clinic for the uninsured and underinsured at the Southwest Boulevard Family Health Clinic in Kansas City Kansas. Open Wednesdays 6 to 10 pm starting Aug. 13 the clinic will offer blood, STD and pregnancy tests but no X rays. Funding comes from a Caring for Community grant from the AAMC and Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative totaling about 30 000 over four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Boulevard Family Health
Kansas City
Kan
Sara Blake
Sharon Lee
Southwest Boulevard Clinic
JayDoe
Wyandotte County
Koontz
Association of American Medical Colleges and
Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative
Association
Phong Hu
AAMC
Also Mentioned on This Page
Orado Farm Bureau
Post
Colorado
Ed Sweden
Harris Rayl
Nagengast
Kansas
Lawrence-area
Haskell Indian Nations University
Denise Low-Weso
Dave Murphy
Paul W
Paul D
Iowa
Raul
Paul W. Johnson
U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Decorah
Dave Ranney
Med Center
Connie Pos
Tareer
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Spons
Teamone Real Estate, Inc
Teamone
Line Boyer
New , Horizons
Black Belt Academy of Tae Kwon Do
Iowa St
Old Chicago
SAP
Elf Defense
Rae Eew
Www
Takdweller.com
23Rd
Alabama
Laird Noller