I used to have the idea that people in rural areas had a more peaceful life than those in the big city. Sometimes this is true.

My experience in Knox County, Missouri in the 1959 and 1961 summers were special. When I was getting serious in alcoholic recovery in spring, 1991, I remembered especially happy times without alcohol.

To get ready for a visit, I started an electronic subscription to the Edina Sentinel. I found that the police were busy with family disturbances, burglaries, homicides, speeding and everything else, just like the big city.

Tonight on the PBS Newshour, I learned that farmers experience stress and depression that can lead to suicide.

I have the idea that factory farms receive just about all the subsidies. Small farmers get the crumbs that fall off the table. I ask for reforms.

See this feature. Start the presentation at 16:04.

Sincerely,

PBS News Weekend live episode, Jan. 14, 2024 Farmers and Suicide

PBS News Weekend live episode, Jan. 14, 2024

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