Brad Peacock: Why I am running for U.S. Senate

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Brad Peacock, of Shaftsbury, who is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020. He is a farmer at Clear Brook Farm in Shaftsbury, where he was born, raised and has spent most of his life. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a graduate of the University of Vermont.
Throughout much of my childhood, my family was in and out of poverty. Like many families in our state, we faced constant struggles to pay the bills, heat the house, put food on the