DOWN ON THE FARM
Down on the Farm: Modern hermits
Today, if you compare us to the old-timers, we're all hermits, hiding from the world in our half-empty homes entertained by electronic gadgets.
By Eric Bergeson , May 19, 2012
Down on the Farm: Rail trail
Although I live in the woods, my awareness of nature has been expanded by a trail four miles distant that follows the path of an old rail bed.
By Eric Bergeson , May 12, 2012
Down on the Farm: Alzheimer's advocacy
If you are over 85, there is a 50 percent chance that you have Alzheimer's.
By Eric Bergeson , May 05, 2012
Down on the Farm: Too much welfare!
According to some in the business, Minnesota's nursing home system is in financial trouble because people seem to think that no matter what their net worth, when it comes time for long-term care, they have a right to go on the dole.
By Eric Bergeson , April 28, 2012
Down on the Farm: Cultural exchange
Every culture thinks it has everything figured out and that the world would be a better place if everybody were more like us. In rural Minnesota we pride ourselves on our helpfulness towards our neighbors, our honesty in business, our disdain for tawdry shows of wealth, our ethic of hard work and our refusal to lock our doors or take the keys out of the car.
By Eric Bergeson , April 21, 2012
Down on the Farm: A little revival
About twenty years ago, I reached a fork in the road. It was time to either commit to the small town, join the family business and try to make a go of it, or use my education to find a career in the suburbs.
By Eric Bergeson , April 14, 2012
Down on the Farm: An exotic ecology
Completely isolated for eons of time, New Zealand developed a strange ecosystem which went undisturbed by man until the first humans arrived in roughly 1250 AD.
By Eric Bergeson , April 07, 2012
Down on the Farm: Should we worry?
Nothing like a spell of incredibly good weather to bring out the inherent pessimism of the good folks on the northern Great Plains.
By Eric Bergeson , March 24, 2012
Down on the Farm: A couple of Kiwi conundrums
In this country, consumers generally don't put up with any baloney, particularly if we are paying for a service. We sometimes get obnoxious.
By Eric Bergeson , March 17, 2012
Change in New Zealand
New Zealand has nearly eradicated change. By change, I mean the stuff that jingles in your pocket when you come home from town, rattles in the drier, piles up on the dresser, ends up in a tupperware which one lugs to the bank every two years.
By Eric Bergeson , March 10, 2012
Down on the Farm: Kiwi careers
While passing through the capitol of New Zealand, Wellington, we visited some of the people who hosted me during my last visit as a student twenty-five years ago.
By Eric Bergeson , March 03, 2012
Down on the Farm: Fox Glacier
The sparsely-populated South Island of New Zealand lies about as close to Antarctica as you can get without a plane or boat. Yet, it contains a gaudy variety of scenery unseen anywhere else.
By Eric Bergeson , February 25, 2012
Down on the Farm: Mangawhai
First stop in New Zealand: The coastal town of Mangawhai, north of Auckland, on the east coast, looking out towards several islands.
By Eric Bergeson , February 18, 2012
Down on the Farm: Gone down under
After fifteen years of loyalty to Arizona, this winter brings a new warm weather destination: New Zealand.
By Eric Bergeson , February 11, 2012
Down on the Farm: Hitting a gusher
Budget problems? Unemployment? Solved. All you have to do is find billions of barrels of oil. Just win the lottery and your state will prosper.
By Eric Bergeson , February 04, 2012
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