The war in Syria enters its seventh year today. The fighting has now lasted so long entire cities are reduced to rubble. At this very moment, besieged communities in Syria are being starved by the brutality of the Assad regime. Graffiti scrawled by government loyalists reads: Kneel or starve. Without a means to put food on the table, families become desperate, making them easy recruits for extremists who can manipulate their hunger and fear. Right now hunger is being used as a weapon of war, but... Read more

Last week, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon) held his semi-annual meeting with the IL-16 Agriculture Advisory Committee at City Hall in Ottawa. Read more

"When Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s Agriculture Advisory Committee was formed, the lack of a farm bill created a sense of urgency for members. Two years later, the current farm bill has removed many of those uncertainties, but the committee continues to gain momentum." Read more