Freep Guest Blogger, Chris McCarus, writes about land use in the state of Michigan, and the political conditions that currently endanger our farmland. This is a highly insightful article, and well worth your time to read.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090513/BLOG2506/90513099

About Chris McCarus, Executive Producer for www.michigannow.org:

A Lansing resident and Michigan native, Michigan State University grad McCarus spent two years in the Peace Corps in Africa, then five years there reporting for BBC radio, taught in New York City schools, produced and wrote at CBS Radio News in New York, and has most recently reported for the Great Lakes Radio Consortium. McCarus thinks storytelling is the best way to show how land use is linked to economic prosperity.