The US House of Representatives’ Agriculture Committee has approved the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 (HR 6083) and sent it to the full House for approval. This is the much awaited farm bill that will guide spending on crop insurance and subsidies, SNAP (food stamps), forests, and the US Department of […]
Archive | July, 2012
A New (to me) Scam
My spouse and I own a small business selling her oil on canvas fine art. In addition to area galleries her work is sold through our website and Yessy. That is preface to a our being a target of a new, to us, scam. If you market and sell on the web please be advised. I […]
Celebratory Gunshots and Falling Bullets
The Fourth of July in the US brought a few media reports of injury due to falling bullets; bullets fired into the air in celebration. I cringe when I see the television reports of fighters blasting away at the sky in celebration – it is a waste of resources and shows a disregard for the […]
