A Kansas Congressional race features one candidate confronting the other at a Town Hall.
Rep. Ron Estes and Democratic challenger James Thompson traded fire Saturday when Thompson showed up at Estes’ sparsely attended Town Hall on veterans issues.
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“You’re a hard man to find,” Thompson said, speaking from the back of the nearly-empty meeting room at the Wichita’s Advance Learning Library.
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“So this is your gimmick, to come here and ask a question (about debates) when we want to talk about serious issues here?” Estes said. “We’re having a series of debates as you know.”
Is the former Republican House Speaker switching teams?
A surprise visitor at Kansas’ #Demofest: former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner @ljworld https://t.co/GSzFDVrnSs
— Peter Hancock (@LJWpqhancock) August 27, 2018
In what appeared to be a bizarre coincidence, both he and former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius were spotted checking into the convention hotel at the same time Saturday evening. What’s more, it turns out the two of them actually grew up together in the same area of southern Ohio, which Boehner represented in the House from 1991 through 2015.
Boehner, of course, wasn’t there to crash the Democrats’ festivities. In a casual conversation over coffee the next morning, he explained that he’s traveling across the country in a motor coach stumping on behalf of Republican congressional candidates, and he was in Kansas for a fundraiser to benefit 1st District Rep. Roger Marshall, of Great Bend.
Organic farmers turn to livestock waste for fertilizer.
For organic farmers, having some livestock on their farms can be a major help for growing food and saving some money https://t.co/SujBJE2ICX @HarvestPM pic.twitter.com/f0T68fxruF
— KCUR (@kcur) August 27, 2018
To comply with organic rules, some use livestock to provide natural fertilizer. Two separate studies in Iowa are trying to quantify the soil health, yield and, eventually, economic impact of grazing animals on the fields after vegetables are harvested.
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“We’re strongly committed to having livestock on our gardens as much as possible,” Quee said.
That’s because they nurture the soil with their rooting, pecking, stomping and, yes, pooping. Quee’s seen firsthand how turkey manure increases soil nitrogen — a fact supported by commercial sales of composted turkey manure as an organic-approved fertilizer.
Speaking of meat…or not:
A new Missouri law prevents meat-substitute brands from marketing the products as meat. Tofurky is an example of a meat substitute.
‘Fake meat’ producers are challenging Missouri over new advertising lawhttps://t.co/MCe6GhD3aR pic.twitter.com/SF7JtNErJh
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) August 27, 2018
In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court, a coalition of groups and companies say a law approved by the Legislature in May and signed by former Gov. Eric Greitens violates the First Amendment, as well as discriminates against out-of-state manufacturers to protect Missouri meat producers.
“Americans don’t like censorship, and they don’t like the government picking winners and losers in the marketplace. We’re confident that the Court will overturn this anti-competitive and unconstitutional law,” said Bruce Friedrich, executive director of the Good Food Institute, which represents companies that produce plant-based and laboratory-grown clean meats.
The new law goes into effect Tuesday.
The Brief is a daily roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.