I started my trip driving west from Dallas on a rainy Monday. The skies were grey and the fields I passed were silent and largely empty. I thought to myself, I am here for the harvest, right? But by Wednesday morning, as I made my way north through West Texas, the scene was a lot different. It was the second day of sunshine in a rain-riddled region, and boy could you tell. The farms were buzzing with all kinds of equipment; it seemed the harvest had finally begun.
If there's one thing that I learned along the way, it's that cotton is everywhere in this part of Texas. And it makes sense-Texas has been dubbed the nation's "Cotton King" and the state's High Plains area is considered the largest cotton-producing region in the world.
Long before he donned an oversize helmet and climbed aboard an M1 Abrams tank, Michael Dukakis had made a name for himself in rural America.
While on the campaign trail in 1988, Dukakis told a roomful of Iowa corn and soybean farmers they’d be better off growing Belgian endive.
After all, he contended, the price of Belgian endive was way up and corn prices were in the tank. Never mind the fact a single Iowa corn farm could probably grow more endive than the entire country could eat.
I started my trip driving west from Dallas on a rainy Monday. The skies were grey and the fields I passed were silent and largely empty. I thought to myself, I am here for the harvest, right? But by Wednesday morning, as I made my way north through West Texas, the scene was a lot different. It was the second day of sunshine in a rain-riddled region, and boy could you tell. The farms were buzzing with all kinds of equipment; it seemed the harvest had finally begun.
Long before he donned an oversize helmet and climbed aboard an M1 Abrams tank, Michael Dukakis had made a name for himself in rural America.
We know the facts: Worldwide, hunger is rising—more than one billion people are already suffering.
