Farm and Food: Anger Is Building; Solutions Are Fleeting

Guebert: Anger is building; solutions are fleeting

The farmers who spoke at a Sept. 2 meeting with congressional officials in Brookland, AR were respectful, plain-spoken, and worried, according to the 4-minute, 30-second report aired by KAIT News, Jonesboro, and posted on YouTube afterwards. None, however, could have anticipated the anger their pleas for federal farm assistance ignited when the video went viral. Within a week of the report's online posting, 25,237 comments–most packed with resen…

Anger is building, but solutions are fleeting

The farmers who spoke at a Sept. 2 meeting with congressional officials in Brookland, Ark. were respectful, plain-spoken, and worried, according to the 4-minute, 30-second report aired by KAIT News, Jonesboro, and posted on YouTube afterwards.

Farm and Food: Anger is building; solutions are fleeting

September usually marks a turning point of sorts for most people. Summer turns to fall, vacation turns to school, and the green hope and promise of growing crops turns into the yellow and gold of harvest.

Farm and Food File: Anger is building; solutions are fleeting

The farmers who spoke at a Sept. 2 meeting with congressional officials in Brookland, Arkansas, were respectful, plain-spoken, and worried, according to the 4-minute, 30-second report aired by KAIT News, Jonesboro, and posted on YouTube afterwards.

Farm & Food File: Anger is building; solutions are fleeting

The farmers who spoke at a Sept. 2 meeting with congressional officials in Brookland, Ark., were respectful, plain-spoken and worried, according to the 4-minute, 30-second report aired by KAIT News, Jonesboro, and posted on YouTube afterward.