Portrait
Rural Life
Clip: 11/10/1991 | 8m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Born and raised on a farm, Ritchie's family believed in family farming and instilled...
Born and raised on a farm, Ritchie's family believed in family farming and instilled in him you didn't need to go to the "city" for life. As he grew, he saw farms and farming families were being pushed out due to rapid growth of the nearby cities. With that growth came more industrialized farming. More heavy equipment, more farm hands, more pesticides. This way of farming, Ritchie notes, is...
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Portrait
Rural Life
Clip: 11/10/1991 | 8m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Born and raised on a farm, Ritchie's family believed in family farming and instilled in him you didn't need to go to the "city" for life. As he grew, he saw farms and farming families were being pushed out due to rapid growth of the nearby cities. With that growth came more industrialized farming. More heavy equipment, more farm hands, more pesticides. This way of farming, Ritchie notes, is...
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Watching out for Rural America
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Clip: 11/10/1991 | 3m 20s | Ritchie wants to make sure rural American farming is taken care of into the next... (3m 20s)
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Clip: 11/10/1991 | 10m 41s | Ritchie feels we are entering a difficult economic period nationwide. The same... (10m 41s)
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