John Sutter interviewed me about the Boy Scouts of America’s possible decision to allow gay scouts, but ban gay scout leaders in his well thought out essay on CNN. He quotes me:
The group’s attitudes on gay rights are “more out of style than the scout socks,” said Kelsey Timmerman, a former Eagle Scout who mailed his badge back to the organization because of its discriminatory policies.
“I never wore those damn socks,” he said, laughing.
If you want to know my thoughts on this whole issue, read John’s, that’s pretty much where I stand.
Earth Day 2013 marks the perfect day to start spreading the stories of the people I met on the global food adventure that became Where Am I Eating? These stories need told, and I’m honored to do it. I just hope I can do them justice.
Farmers let me into their lives to share their stories, and now it’s time to do that. I’ll be calling into radio programs all morning. Here’s my schedule.
I have a busy morning of national and regional radio programs tomorrow. If you get one of the shows below in your area, tune in to hear me talking about Where Am I Eating? I’ll be the one that sounds like a mix of Joe Dirt and Matthew McConaughey.
I farmed in 7 countries on four continents to write my new book WHERE AM I EATING?.
Recently, I caught up with my 4-year-old daughter Harper to get her take on the book. In this interview we discuss My Little Ponies, the state of China, and she takes me on the biggest trip of all…a guilt trip.
When I’m bored sometimes I just like to read my own book while standing at the Downtown Farm Stand, eating a banana.
Seriously, thanks to the Star Press for covering the release of Where Am I Eating. Read reporter Ivy Farguheson’s story, “Where Am I Eating?”
If you are in the Muncie area on April 22nd – Earth Day – stop by the Farm Stand for an organic beer, free tree, and a signed book! More details on the Facebook event page.
When J.R., the cofounder of the Facing Project hung up the phone after his call-in NPR interview about the Facing Project, I looked at him and said, “This just got real.”
And it had.
It’s one thing to have an idea in your head and it’s a whole other thing when others take that idea and run with it. Ft. Wayne is our first Facing Community to complete a project (4 other communities have projects underway). They’ve had art exhibits on Homelessness, this Thursday they’re reading monologues, and the Mayor of Ft. Wayne has even declared Thursday Facing Homelessness day.
I’m not sure I’ve seen a better looking group of folks than the University of Kentucky’s K-Crew, holding up copies of Where Am I Wearing? They’re using WEARING as a common reader this fall.
I’m giving the keynote address at the University of Oklahoma’s Social Entrepreneurship Symposium Tuesday at 4:30.
I’m free all day on Wednesday, how should I spend my time? I’m thinking maybe I’ll play flag football with Kevin Durant, but if that doesn’t work out I’m open to suggestions.
I held up my “Gas Eaters” and asked them what they thought they were. There were the typical guesses (adult diapers), but then I called on a bright-eyed girl sitting on the floor in the back.
“They go over your underwear,” she said, “so you can dance in the rain and not get your underwear wet.”
That was a response I had never heard before, and I loved it. And here’s the thing…none of the kids laughed at her. They thought it was quite possible that these were my dancing-in-the-rain underwear.
Kids aren’t bound by reason or logic; they are freed by curiosity and imagination.
EARTH University’s banana plantation isn’t your average banana plantation. They come up with unique ways to control pests and rodents that don’t always involve crap loads of chemicals.
You can find EARTH University bananas at Whole Foods. They are definitely one of the world’s coolest banana growers and their university is pretty amazing, too.