Thicke Announces Energy Program

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture candidate Francis Thicke (pronounced TICK-ee) will launch a seven-city tour across Iowa Wednesday, Sept. 22,  in DesMoines to announce a comprehensive energy policy for agriculture that shifts new public incentives to wind and biofuel systems that 1) Produce energy to power agriculture, 2) Are farmer-scale and farmer-owned, and put profits in farmers’ pockets, and 3) are truly sustainable and renewable.  He’ll be in IC on September 23, Thursday at 2 p.m., Iowa City, Johnson County Democratic Headquarters, 36 Sturgis Corner Drive