Cutting Fuel Costs & Migrant Council Director Fired
Cutting Fuel Costs & Migrant Council Director Fired plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.
Fuel prices are expected to continue their upward climb and many ag producers are looking at different ways to cut those costs. Mark Hanna of Iowa State University Extension has several tips associated with cutting fuel costs when using the tractor on the farm.
HANNA: Engine maintenance on the tractor, I know we’ve all heard this from time to time but some studies backed up by what happens inside the engine just when you replace and renew say an air filter, fuel filter on your tractor, that type of thing; that can create an extra 3 or 4% fuel efficiency right there in what you’re doing.
Carlos Diaz, the former head of the Washington State Migrant Council claims he was fired because he threatened to tell authorities that some of the council's board of directors are illegally in the U.S. Diaz threatened to sue the council after he was fired by the board in December 2007. But when Diaz sued the council in Franklin County Superior Court in February 2009 for wrongful termination, he focused his arguments on the immigration status of the board members who fired him. The case is waiting to be heard by the state Court of Appeals.
Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.
I’ve said it before, I love trees. So when I read about the Fruit Tree Tour and its mission to introduce school children to the wonderful world of planting, growing, and nurturing trees, fruit trees in particular, I became very excited indeed. The tour consists of a group of volunteers who travel around California educating children on ways to improve the overall health and wellness of themselves and their communities through sustainable agriculture. Since its humble beginnings seven years ago the Common Vision’s Fruit Tree Tour has enriched the lives of over eighty-thousand students and planted more than forty-three hundred fruit trees. If you’ve ever had the joy of watching a young child’s face as they work the soil, getting their hands dirty while experiencing the thrill of planting their own food, than you know what a truly life changing moment this can be for these kids. And when you consider that the trees these young children plant today will more than likely still be around for them to share with their children, and their children’s children decades from now, the importance of the Fruit Tree Tour becomes paramount.
Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.
