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Proper Farming & Health
In a 1935 letter to Stephen Spender, T.S. Eliot observed that before one can criticize an author they must first surrender themselves to him or her. After the surrender they must recover a ‘new and...
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Creating History
The farming season is under way in southern Wisconsin. This means I have less time for reading and writing and more for thinking. True to nature what’s on my mind hasn’t changed. Here’s what I’ve been...
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Poem
Telegram from the Countryside dedicated to Wendell Berry, the original mad farmer Make no mistake We were not born to this but are products of innocent belief and deception bad food, plastic and...
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Is it our job to feed the world? Or, to teach the world to feed itself?
Farmers in the United States are told it is our job to feed the world. In exchange we are offered low wages, long hours, dangerous working conditions, little or no health care coverage and social...
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Make Every Day New Year’s Day
Apparently, it’s been more than two and a half years since I’ve posted anything. In some ways that is inexcusable. In digital time, it’s centuries, in gerbil time, decades and it’s quite a few dog...
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There are no global solutions to global problems
We, as a culture, operate under the assumption that there are global solutions to the global problems we’ve created. The errors of this type of thinking are many. Perhaps most important is the issue of...
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Creation vs. Reaction
This blog has served many different purposes over the years. I’ve reviewed small farm tools and delved into philosophy, cultural criticism & questions that probably don’t have answers. But, I’ve...
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A Poem
This poem was written in response to the High Park fire outside Fort Collins, Colorado in June of 2012. It was started by lightning. Vocabulary “The difference between the almost right word and the...
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Eating in St. Louis
We got back from St. Louis late last night. I couldn’t be more impressed. The local food & craft drink scene seems to be blowing up everywhere. What set St. Louis aside for us, however, was the...
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Taking Time to Put Everything Together & Set Goals!
Last fall I decided I was in need of more leadership experience. After a few conversations with friends, I applied for an NLC (New Leaders Council) fellowship. After a selections process and a round of...
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