His words invite you to join him out on the front porch in the sunshine over a cup of coffee and ponder together what is happening in the world. Guest columnist

Annika Johnson is a Decorah native, who resides part of the year on the family farm in Iowa and part of the year in Göteborg, Sweden.

On a bright, September day in Steve Semken’s Ice Cube Press driveway in Iowa City, I am humbled to see the farmer on the cover of the book ― exiting the barn, head down with his hand resting lightly on the back of the gentle jersey.

What was he thinking? We can’t know, but his words have been pulled together in the newly published book "We Can Do Better: Collected Writings on Land, Conservation, and Public Policy" by Paul W. Johnson , edited by Curt Meine. When I’ve asked Curt about the three y

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