
A Few Square Inches of Light
I see through the window that it has begun to snow. Plump, lazy flakes drift more sideways than down. They appear to be arranged in ranks, with the closest tumbling...
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I see through the window that it has begun to snow. Plump, lazy flakes drift more sideways than down. They appear to be arranged in ranks, with the closest tumbling...
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If you’re like me, the term ultra-processed food (UPF) evokes images of chips coated in cheese dust so incandescently orange that each is a small sun, too bright to gaze...
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When it comes to diet tidy answers are appealing. Carbs are the problem, or maybe it’s fat. Maybe The healthiest diet is to eat no meat at all, or to...
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The boxes I use come from a plant out to the west, somewhere near Buffalo. Ordering them is always a thrill. “Send me 1000 fourteen inch cube boxes at your...
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Gratitude journals are fairly thick on the ground these days. Try to find a solution to most any problem, from raising an adolescent to an obsession with chocolate chip cookies...
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On this blog I often take an interesting piece of news or commentary as a jumping off point. When it’s news — such as my post on porcine protein being...
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Walmart would have you believe that it is all in on sustainable agriculture. It’s already the largest seller of organic groceries in the country, and it generously supports research into...
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Believe it or not, I sometimes think this is the best time in history to be a farmer. I don't mean economically - in most places it's harder than ever...
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A few years back we had a frost hard enough to kill the squash on August 31st. Never mind that the rest of September was warm and sunny, with hardly...
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Out driving earlier this week I passed a sign for an upcoming fundraiser in support of Anabaptist HealthShare, an insurance alternative geared towards communities of Plain People. There were a...
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Lab-grown meat companies are after a slice of the farm bill. In the words of Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick, “Some country is going to decide to lead the way...
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Farmers are as prone to chasing trends as anyone else. In the past couple decades there have been alpaca bubbles, pigeon pyramid schemes, and absolute manias for a couple different...
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“Do you think you cut a diamond with a tool or with a laser?” my son asked a few days ago. “A tool,” I replied. “Yes, because a laser is...
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A pound of corn provides about 1500 calories. A bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds. On average, an acre of United States cropland yields 170 bushels. Add that all up...
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