tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post2546097960214529896..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: The Prairie is Our Amazon & No One CaresBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-5599942185381932272014-03-05T14:41:47.280-06:002014-03-05T14:41:47.280-06:00Tingles!
K....need to start being more loud!!!!!!...Tingles!<br /><br />K....need to start being more loud!!!!!!Heather/xericstylehttp://www.xericstyle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-65185123918000925092014-03-03T12:29:10.068-06:002014-03-03T12:29:10.068-06:00We know better, but if we pipe up and speak out, w...We know better, but if we pipe up and speak out, we get called our for being too loud, too extremist, too alarmist. Well, that's how grass roots action makes change -- that's how great cultural shifts happen, for women, for minorities, for the LGBT community, for prairie, for all life. :) Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-90589816133574420642014-03-03T12:19:40.946-06:002014-03-03T12:19:40.946-06:00It is so difficult to wrap my head around the fact...It is so difficult to wrap my head around the fact that money is winning this fight...<br /><br />We know these practices are harmful...we know better! How is this still happening....<br /><br />:(Heather/xericstylehttp://www.xericstyle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-67375026687790684242014-01-31T16:42:09.519-06:002014-01-31T16:42:09.519-06:00Excellent piece, Ben. Your passionate eloquence i...Excellent piece, Ben. Your passionate eloquence is, as always, uplifting!<br /><br />We do have the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas. It is not technically a National Park, but it is a place where people can go to get a feel for what a prairie is truly like. It's a grand site, and I hope that those who haven't visited will take some time and do so Gaia Gardener:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00692281131036600613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-79424665357919741032013-01-20T17:28:46.127-06:002013-01-20T17:28:46.127-06:00Thanks so much for sharing all of the good info! I...Thanks so much for sharing all of the good info! I am looking forward to reading more! <a href="http://www.farmersagent.com/ehingco" rel="nofollow">Life insurance comparison quotes</a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123989375165410410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-33489679383076632012012-10-06T12:10:43.604-05:002012-10-06T12:10:43.604-05:00Lisa, there's a lot to your story that just pi...Lisa, there's a lot to your story that just pisses me off. Trying to spend stimulus money, that they even need that much land, that I bet the canal would be superfluous, that it's your land, YOURS. I'm following those protestors in TX, chaining themselves to TransCanada tractors, being maced by cops, arms twisted, punched, trying to stop peoples homes and livelihoods being razed. We Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-52056928034138279662012-10-06T10:21:30.620-05:002012-10-06T10:21:30.620-05:00Here is the facebook page for Don't Ditch the ...Here is the facebook page for Don't Ditch the Prairie if you are interested in check it out. I realize that the links on our blog page are broken. https://www.facebook.com/notes/dont-ditch-the-prairie/frequently-asked-questions/158616874150Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808044299948783248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-12067282028828162132012-10-06T10:14:31.316-05:002012-10-06T10:14:31.316-05:00Hi Greg,
Thank you for writing this piece. I am...Hi Greg, <br /><br />Thank you for writing this piece. I am the owner/caretaker of about 100 acres of native prairie that borders the Scotts Bluff National Monument in western Nebraska. It's amazing, beautiful land and I've loved it as long as I've been alive. It's been in my family now, with me the third generation. <br /><br />About three years ago, our NRD and the state Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808044299948783248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-50883931535145465412012-10-01T07:41:47.399-05:002012-10-01T07:41:47.399-05:00Interesting post to me as I am reading The Worst H...Interesting post to me as I am reading The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan right now. When it comes to conservation, the attitudes of people are VERY frustrating. Even in my own extended family, they tend to think of me as a little kooky because I get creative in my ways to conserve and do my part (like hang-drying clothes (even in winter) instead of using a dryer, etc.). I like to imagine thatcharlie b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02458917197033510732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-10354463079765182072012-09-27T07:45:10.042-05:002012-09-27T07:45:10.042-05:00as a GMO free feed poultry farmer, I witness peopl...as a GMO free feed poultry farmer, I witness people making the connection in the food they buy. folks are seeking meat grown without the use of the genetically modified organisms (roundup ready corn and soy) and grass raised...people do care, and a small switch like purchasing grass fed beef, pasture raised pork, GMO free poultry can slow this prairie shrinking...Sunnyside Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874014959042453351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-66295661910936176442012-09-26T16:10:01.892-05:002012-09-26T16:10:01.892-05:00grass roots organising - in both a literal and a p...grass roots organising - in both a literal and a poetic sense.<br />We live on what was once renosterveld, now surrounded by wheatfields and vineyards - but we do have the Hantam National Botanical Garden in Nieuwoudtville. We do try.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-9060457451845198502012-09-26T16:04:20.064-05:002012-09-26T16:04:20.064-05:00People need to read this, Benjamin.People need to read this, Benjamin.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527649631254016576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-76991138042608694312012-09-25T12:50:15.807-05:002012-09-25T12:50:15.807-05:00I guess you still have some hope for change. The w...I guess you still have some hope for change. The world's population is more than 7 billion and growing, and they all need to be fed. You can't really blame the politicians; they only respond to the people who elect them--and apart from the super rich now bankrolling the election machines, that's us. This would require a cultural change like none ever imagined before. We'll James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-22102312537522347252012-09-25T08:25:52.861-05:002012-09-25T08:25:52.861-05:00I think you're right, Greg. When we're fat...I think you're right, Greg. When we're fat and warm and have iphones we're placated--I think those running for government positions know this, and use it to their benefit.<br />And Justin, gimme a "P!" Gimme an "R!"....Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-41119520250627110682012-09-25T08:18:34.405-05:002012-09-25T08:18:34.405-05:00Right on Benjamin! Go prairie!
Right on Benjamin! Go prairie!<br />Justin Evertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902051296215738840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-75901440471602734762012-09-24T18:38:27.309-05:002012-09-24T18:38:27.309-05:00Yes, to the last question. It's called comfort...Yes, to the last question. It's called comfort and apathy.greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.com