GRATIOT FARMER’S POLITICAL TWITTER AD GETS ATTENTION
A sixth generation Gratiot County farmer is getting a lot of attention for a political ad he made on Twitter.
Dennis Kellogg of North Star Township was recruited by a New York Political Action Committee called Rural Voices to produce the ad supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ( To see the ad, visit https:// bit. LY/345B2GC).
After it was posted a couple of weeks ago it has received more than 250,000 views.
“The president of the Michigan Farmers Union contacted (members) and wondered if anyone in our organization would be willing to discuss rural issues and how farmers are being hurt related to the Trump administration,” Kellogg explained.
He had been interviewed by Fox 47 News out of Lansing last year.
“We talked about it and after a series of discussions I decided to make the ad,” Kellogg said. “They condensed eight hours of talking into one minute and 14 seconds.
“But nothing was taken out of context. It was all what I implied (during the interview).”
Kellogg, 72, noted that he’s usually pretty “low key.”
“I kind of sit back and will be the last one who speaks,”
he said. “But everyone has an opinion. My uncle died fighting Hitler in WWII so I can have an opinion and everyone else can too. But we can still all get along. Although we haven’t been doing a very good job of that lately.”
The Kellogg’s have been farming in Gratiot County since the 1850s. The family’s homestead is in Newark Township, where family members still reside.
Kellogg’s son Jason, 43, is
now the seventh generation to follow the same path.
“I’m still active everyday but I think it’s important to keep it in the family for generations to come,” Dennis Kellogg said. “We have about 220 tillable acres. That definitely puts us in the small farm category today.”
In the Twitter post he says: “The upcoming election is the most important vote you will ever make in your lifetime.”
“That’s what I love about
this country,” Kellogg said. “Our voices can be heard. If you don’t like my opinion then you can go make your own video. We all have that right.”
However, he does believe some people are too short sighted.
“We’re acting like the world is coming to an end and we just want to live for the moment,” Kellogg said. “I think that’s a mistake. We should be planning for the next 100 generations.”