Even when workers get sick and elected officials order quarantines, agriculture must go on.
Posts published by “Eric Bohl”
Eric Bohl, of Columbia, is the director of public affairs and advocacy for the Missouri Farm Bureau, the state's largest farm organization.
I hope that our brief sojourn back to the Midwest allows us to avoid danger while reconnecting with the less ephemeral aspects of what it means to be alive.
We will get through this crisis, but it will require us all to change our habits and becoming more careful about what we do.
By returning to our roots, we can overcome this temporary struggle with long-lasting solutions.
So what does the future hold? When the virus has been defeated and the world economy rebounds, will the climate change movement regain its fervor?
Missouri lawmakers have both the authority and the duty to put patients and the frontline healthcare workers who care for them first.
Throughout Missouri, MCADSV member organizations that provide help to victims of domestic and sexual violence are committed to providing the best services to victims in their communities.
The transit service that is essential now will be even more so when Missourians get back to the business of building safe, sustainable, and economically viable communities.
This situation will probably be really hard on all of us and too hard on some of us, but if we act quickly and do the right things, there will be more of us still farming when we get through it.
As spring arrives and severe weather events become more common, it is more important than ever that our government takes responsible steps to help communities recover and prepare for flooding events.