Not many farmers retire; instead, they pursue different roles on the farm. One of the most popular roles is driving a truck. John Phipps has a salute to those drivers in John’s World.
The changes in everyday life forced by the COVID-19 pandemic have been vigorously debated as too much or too little, but it could take time to return to previous daily habits. John Phipps explains in John’s World.
Outrage on social media seems to be growing. John Phipps says some of the recent outrage maybe be justified, but most is not, and can be deflated with a few minutes of information seeking.
It’s not just the size of a family farms that are changing. John Phipps answers a U.S. Farm Report’s viewer about the future of family farms and why the answer is very complex.
Employment sources are numerous and varied enough for a town to survive certain business shocks. John Phipps isn’t sure we can revitalize all or even most of rural America in the way we seem to envision its past.
