Delmar Hatesohl Collection, Companion articles here. The first presents this poem inviting patience and wisdom in addressing the prices the farmer is receiving, as compared with prices of other things people buy. The follow-up letter to the editor suggested that whoever penned it was "preying" on ignorance and appealing to emotionalism.
Delmar Hatesohl Collection, Three members of the Missouri Young Farmers and Farm Wives Association conducted a three-day "Missouri Blitz" to tell consumers the farmers' side of the food story."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22245
Notes:
Presentation at conference of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), San Antonio, Texas, May 31, 2005. 14 pages.
