Dear mindful eaters, Now that the wrapping paper's in the trash, I've been chewing on something: my own holiday spending. Where did it actually go? Did my money match my values?Some call that kind of thinking conscious consumerism. A farmer I...
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Everyone talks about surviving winter. Powering through. Beating the darkness. I think we're getting this backwards. The dark isn't something to fight. It's an invitation to rest and regenerate. As a farmer, I've learned that the land requires rest. Not...
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I've been wrestling with something lately, and I'm not the only one. Beef prices are at record highs. It's all over the headlines. Yet the young people I meet who want to get into ranching? They can't make the numbers work....
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This week I was reminded, again, that I don't have anything figured out. Our dog Tulip had a run-in with a skunk Tuesday morning right outside our back door. Not a direct hit, but close enough. Andrea was standing nearby...
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 This week, as I'm preparing for Thanksgiving, I find myself overwhelmed with gratitude. Twenty years ago, Andrea and I started with borrowed land and hand-built chicken coops. No safety net. Just a crazy belief that farming could be done differently....
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