Home Rural Writings Menu Hot Link: Hightower Radio Sustainable Farming Connection Where farmers find and share information. Listen to the "Chat&Chew" call-in show at this site and hear or read this populist's commentaries. Hot Link: Hightower Radio "The water will never clear up 'til you get the hogs out of the creek," observes populist commentator Jim Hightower. The outspoken former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture is still trying to get to the roots of our problems, now through daily radio commentaries as well as "Chat & Chew," a live, two-hour call-in program. If you can't pick him up over the airwaves, this site brings you his show live via RealAudio from noon to 2 p.m. Eastern time. Can't find an excuse to be at the computer during those prime work hours? Then take two minutes to listen to (or read) Hightower's commentaries. These quick takes are posted daily and archived at the site. While his topics range far outside the world of agriculture, he continues to take on the powers-that-be on behalf of the powers-that-ought-to-be. When he does hit farm-related topics he always comes down on the side of commonsense -- "genius in working clothes," as he puts it. In the archives you'll find pieces on: Cancer-fighting tomatoes -- Fer 'em. Sperm-count-shrinking organochlorines -- Agin 'em. Cotton toilet paper -- Saves trees. ADM CEO Dwayne Andreas -- Spreads political contributions like manure. Industrial hemp -- If Farm Bureau supports it, why not legalize it? NAFTA -- Florida tomato growers can't compete with $3/day labor. Bioengineered herbicide-tolerant crops -- Big oops when genes escape. He's also concerned about scientists inserting polyester genes into cotton for fear that they will produce a fabric that, "wrinkles like cotton . . . and breathes like polyester." Like Rush, you either love Hightower or hate him. Either way, he'll give you something to think about. Top of Page Home Rural Writings Menu Hot Link: Hightower Radio ©1997 Committee for Sustainable Farm Publishing Please read about our usage permission policy and disclaimer. Send comments, suggestions and questions to the site author: Craig Cramer cdcramer@clarityconnect.com Coded using HoTMetaL Pro 3.0. Best viewed in Netscape 3.0 or later. Please see our credits page for more information. http://sunsite.unc.edu/farming-connection/ruralwri/hotlinks/hightowr.htm