Interstellar Job
byI am thinking now about Job and Interstellar. You know… the ancient story written a few thousand years ago and Christopher Nolan’s new space-odyssey…
Farming
Roundup for January 31
byWeekly roundup from the web. Star gazing, Holy Harvests, rare foxes, and Orthodox ecology.
Added Value
byRed Hook Community Farm. The 12-ft tall corn stalks and bales of hay
give it away. Garden beds over asphalt…
On Passing Helloes and Oak Trees
byThe blessing and the curse of looking strangers in the eye is that they’ll talk to you. At Sewanee, where I went to college (all…
The Aggregate for December 6
byFood power, young farmers, & 100 years of John Muir all featured in this week’s Aggregate.
Winter Came Suddenly
byWinter came suddenly here. The world moved from autumn to winter in about four hours one afternoon. Snow was in the fields at home before the corn was out.
#PrivilegedProbs
byPriveleged, White, First World Problems “Sounds like a privileged, white, First World problem to me,” smirks my privileged, white, First World acquaintance upon discovering my…
Reflections on the Work of P. Allen Smith
byIf you’ve ever needed someone to advise you about both the best arrangement for your throw pillows and about the intricacies of raising poultry,…
Living Groundwater
byMy walk along the beach near Cornucopia, Wisconsin this February was likely the coldest pilgrimage of my life. I stepped out of my car…
Food Scrap Powered Farming
byNPR’s The Salt recently ran an article on a meatpacking facility in Chicago that is being converted into an indoor farm that will be…