Mortgage Foreclosure – The Family Farm
May 19, 2009
PolPpl asked:
A look at the Crosby Mint Farm in St. Johns, MI, and how the foreclosure crisis is hurting them. Senate Bill 1306 would establish a moratorium on foreclosures and save this farm. The sponsor of this legislation is Senator Hansen Clarke.

24 Comments
by EdsLilKittyCat on May 19, 2009 at 10:58 am
Since this video was made, has the bank foreclosed on this farm? Is it too late or is there still something that can be done to help these family farmers? They should have appealed to FarmAid for help after all they are family farmers and those are the people that Farm Aid helps in their moments of great need.
by erippke on May 22, 2009 at 4:46 pm
yes, greenstone is a sponsor.
by erippke on May 24, 2009 at 9:08 am
Shame on greenstone for thinking that this is not a viable product. They have a bank in St. Johns which holds an annual mint festival. Are they a sponser? If so I think we should boo then right out of the parade!
by Rainmanpdt49 on May 27, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Well of course the bank doesnt care. All they want is their god damn money, and they dont care who they have to step on to get it. They dont care about your situation, all they do is find ways of covering their own *****.
by supreme600 on May 30, 2009 at 10:17 am
Fiat is money issued by government order that is not backed by precious metals. Because it has no intrinsic value it is vulnerable to inflation and manipulation by the banks. Big business favors fiat because credit is easy to obtain, but the consumer and average person is given a rotten deal with money that is continually losing its value.
by bctoadlover on June 1, 2009 at 5:15 pm
what is fiat?
by ciro9 on June 4, 2009 at 8:18 am
The majority of these loan’s (due to death, relocating of familie’s etc) would be paid off way before 40 or 50 years.
Leaving it up to the bank’s to do this is akin to putting the fox in the hen house to protect them. “The Change We Need” must come from the Federal government.
by ciro9 on June 4, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Unfortunately, President elect Obama has not addressed the foreclosure problem. I know of a friend who was layed off from a county job & his home is at this very moment been put up for foreclosure. The bank couldn’t give a damn about him, his wife or infant daughter & yet our moronic government has bailed them out & no one in government seems to have a clue where these hundreds of billions of dollars to them has gone.
by ciro9 on June 6, 2009 at 9:46 pm
This sub prime mortgage mess would have never happened if We the People who do not have high paying jobs would have been granted the right to borrow a low interest home mortgage loan based on income directly from the Federal Reserve Bank which should be nationalized for the moderate income working class people of our nation who for too long have been enslaved by banks and lending institutions by high interest rates on money that they receive at a low interest rate from the Fed.
by mannyfeseha on June 9, 2009 at 1:35 pm
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by DrewDownsManagement on June 12, 2009 at 8:07 pm
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by supreme600 on June 14, 2009 at 12:35 am
the money is fiat the banks can print as much money as they want.
by bctoadlover on June 15, 2009 at 9:29 pm
If I had a million dollars, if I had a millions dollars, I would buy into your farm, I would buy into your mint farm. (Barenaked ladies song) I would market your product far and wide to all the aromatherapists, all the spas, worldwide.And all would know the Crosby name and know it means healing. I hope you can heal the wounds created by your thoughts.
by bctoadlover on June 18, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Once the inventory is all sold, how do you then make payments? How do you stop another missed payment, another foreclosure action.
How many missed payments can the bank handle before it goes belly up itself? You are but one client. What else is going on in their finances? Who will help the bank when people don’t pay them? How will they feed their families? What is the difference between a hand up and a hand out. What happened to the handout the government gave you for your new equipment?
by jbo5112 on June 19, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I don’t want to sound like an antagonist or unsympathetic, but why was there a mortgage on a farm that has been in the family for 90+ years? If you don’t have any debts, none of your property will get taken as collateral.
by iseevideos123 on June 20, 2009 at 3:43 pm
When I was younger, I had to go to saturday school for a month. I stumble across a small batch of mint farm in school when I was cleaning it. When no one is looking, I would crush the leaves into my palms and inhale the aroma then chew/swallow them. Helped me get through the day and kept me from causing trouble when I was there
by sknutson510 on June 21, 2009 at 9:10 am
I ordered two drams, and received them today. Good luck to you!
by YbjamesY on June 21, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Have you tried getting a loan from a different bank to pay off Green storm?
by Denottawa2 on June 24, 2009 at 5:45 pm
where do you research this information? I’ll bet they don’t publish that. you must be someones friend.
by simplyDiann on June 27, 2009 at 9:35 am
Do your research. They were LATE on one payment in 2006—that doesn’t equate to not paying their bills.
The US government can bail out the banks, but they can’t bail out the farmers and the homeowners?
This is just wrong.
by Denottawa2 on June 29, 2009 at 5:35 am
Maybe you should have paid your bills
by ellwoodcat on June 30, 2009 at 11:33 am
Just think, for the price of one political commercial the farm can be saved!!! This farm is what America is all about. Save the farm!!!
by lcrosby11 on July 2, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Thank you for your support! We appreciate it…good energy back your way!
by totallycrunchy on July 4, 2009 at 12:55 am
This is horrible! I’m heading to your site right now to buy some mint. It’s a little but maybe it can help a bit. We need farms like yours. I am sending you lots of good energy!!! Keep up the fight!