A 4th generation family farmer married to the wonderful Eve & father of two awesome boys, Caleb & Jonah. Follow for a fun time! All warped views my own.
Dec 9, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
How screwed up is our current situation? I spent much of the day doing my Mom's SNAP recertification. Much of it is online (don't even ask about the NYS website 🙄) but I had to call Orange County DSS to touch base with an aspect of the recert. I was on hold for ...
... over 100 minutes before I finally spoke with someone. They said that a significant part of the DSS workforce has been laid off (I assume because of the lack of funding/support from the federal govt.) and the situation is compounded due to an incredible surge ...
Mar 30, 2020 • 22 tweets • 15 min read
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: This is very hard for me to say, but due to numerous circumstances I won’t be able to farm in the 2020 season. This is will be the first season in about 100 years a Pawelski has not planted onions. My heart is broken. The why has been well chronicled....
... (civileats.com/2020/02/07/new…). I grew a decent crop in 2019 but thanks to Canadian dumping (upi.com/Top_News/US/20…) and the chain stores creating a gaping price disparity (m.timesunion.com/7day-state/art…) I first couldn’t sell it and when I eventually did it was at ...
