Articles by Stephen Shepard
The Good Table Project
At Farmer Focus, we don’t just talk about building a better food system. We act on it. The Good Table Project was started to connect people that shape what food means in our society to have a candid conversation about where we are today and the work that still needs to be done. Farmers are the backbone of the food system and the hard work they do every day should be celebrated. One of the ways we amplify the work that our farmers do is by providing a traceable product, something we’re very proud of.
Stephen Shepard, CEO, Farmer Focus
Stephen Shepard is CEO of Farmer Focus, which was started with a simple but powerful question: How can we protect and promote generational family farming? From that question came a totally different kind of business model that gives farmers back control over their farms, pays fairly, and eliminates competition for compensation. It's a model built on respect, transparency, and shared success. It’s about more than food; it’s about protecting family farms and caring for people and the planet.
How Jewish was J.D. Salinger?
In 2018, I wrote a book about the Jewish-American writers - Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, and the others who powered the golden age of Jewish writers in post-war America. I thought of including Jerome David Salinger, known to the world as J.D. Salinger, but I quickly realized his Jewishness was a complicated saga. Was Salinger Jewish? There is no simple answer. His Jewish roots certainly ran deep on his father's side.
Colorado's proposed clean air rules could create commercial building crisis
Colorado’s construction, real estate, and building management communities all support the state’s goal of improving commercial properties’ energy performance and efficiency in the Denver metro area and around the rest of Colorado. We are proud of the advances we have made in building efficiency and the new technologies and ideas we have incorporated into our buildings.
THE PODIUM | 'Statesmanlike' votes halted a bad bill
Stephen Shepard With so much media and widespread attention focused on how hyper-partisan and how polarized our political system has become, it is encouraging to see elected officials in the Colorado General Assembly. They take the time to consider the issues before them seriously to make decisions based on sound reasoning and good judgment, even if it cuts against the grain. State Reps. Shannon Bird, D-Westminster, and Matt Gray, D-Broomfield, are two stellar examples of this kind of leadership.
Mom Lives with Husband, Ex-Husband and Ex's Girlfriend to Co-Parent 6 Kids: 'It Works for Us!'
Katie Blackmer, of Christiana, Tennessee, has the ultimate blended family. The 32-year-old lives with her husband, Ben Blackmer, 41, along with her ex-husband, 32-year-old Stephen Shepard, and Shepard’s girlfriend, Brandy Henderson, 31. The group is taking co-parenting to a whole new level, raising their six children together in a 2,500-square-foot home. And Katie says the parents wouldn’t have it any other way. “We call ourselves the ‘Blended 10!’ ” Katie tells PEOPLE.
The Roth-Malamud Feud: What’s A Jew?
Philip Roth took his Jewishness seriously, but he had no use for religious ritual. He expressly forbade any Jewish rites at his funeral, according to his biographer, Blake Bailey. And so there were none when he was laid to rest on May 30 at the Bard College Cemetery in upstate New York near a plot reserved for his friend, Norman Manea, a Romanian Jewish writer who teaches at Bard. What did being Jewish mean to Roth? The question of Jewish identity runs through much of Roth’s fiction, of course.
How American Jews lost their religion, and found their identity
When I was growing up in post-war America, Jewish writers were enjoying an unexpected Golden Age. Some of them were overtly Jewish, like Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, and Cynthia Ozick; some were slyly so, like Saul Bellow; and some were not-at all-so, like J.D. Salinger and Norman Mailer.
How American Jews lost their religion, and found their identity
I didn't need the Pew survey to tell me just 15% of U.S. Jews think being Jewish is about religion. Philip Roth had already helped me lose my faith
Jack Rosenthal: An Appreciation
I was travelling in Italy when I received an e-mail on May 7 from Jack Rosenthal. The subject line simply said, “Illness” – enough to make me shudder. And sure enough, the first sentence of his message got right to the point: “I’ve just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.” Fifteen weeks later, Jack was gone. I’ve known Jack for many years — fellow journalists who saw each other mostly in passing during his long career at the New York Times.
Journalism Goes To The Movies
What was the best movie ever made about journalism? Until recently, the nod usually went to “All The President’s Men,” the 1976 epic about Watergate — how Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, two cub reporters for the Washington Post, brought down the President of the United States. It was at once a history lesson, a gripping political mystery, and a faithful look at journalism in one of its finest hours.
The Amazing Grace of Leonard Nimoy - Forward.com
I often called him Leib, his Yiddish name, picking up on the term of endearment used by his wife, Susan. We were friends for more than 25 years, the trailing spouses of the even longer friendship between our wives. I was not a Trekkie (or Trekker, to use the term Leonard preferred). I didn’t watch the original “Star Trek” series on television in the 1960s and I saw only one of the movies. We were just friends.
The Amazing Grace of Leonard Nimoy
I often called him Leib, his Yiddish name, picking up on the term of endearment used by his wife, Susan. We were friends for more than 25 years, the trailing spouses of the even longer friendship between our wives. I was not a Trekkie (or Trekker, to use the term Leonard preferred). I didn’t watch the original “Star Trek” series on television in the 1960s and I saw only one of the movies. We were just friends.
The Amazing Grace of Leonard Nimoy
I often called him Leib, his Yiddish name, picking up on the term of endearment used by his wife, Susan. We were friends for more than 25 years, the trailing spouses of the even longer friendship between our wives. I was not a Trekkie (or Trekker, to use the term Leonard preferred). I didn’t watch the original “Star Trek” series on television in the 1960s and I saw only one of the movies. We were just friends.
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