Mar 10Member-onlyA Love Letter to Gen ZFrom your Big Brother, an Older Millennial Note: this essay is adapted from a TikTok I posted some months ago (this is a duet of that video someone posted, since I’m no longer on TikTok and the OG post is no longer available) I was reminded of the TikTok that’s…Gen Z7 min readGen Z7 min read
Mar 1Member-onlyCancelled: The Sylvanaqua Farms ControversyLessons I Learned in Business and Life From My Character Assassination April 26, 2021 was the worst, and best, day of my life. I was about to break up with someone. Actually, closer to a dozen someones. The previous 15 months had been some of the most bizarre in recent…Cancel Culture30 min readCancel Culture30 min read
Feb 28Member-onlyFear and Loathing on the FarmWhy farmers are scared of their own customers, and how it’s holding sustainable agriculture back I’ve worked with about a half-dozen farms over the last six months as part of a Skywoman effort to help them get profitable, collaborate with other businesses, and advance the work of regional food sovereignty…Marketing5 min readMarketing5 min read
Feb 17Member-onlySo You Wanna Raise Your Own ChickensDeliciousness and self-sufficiency await! Read this before you hurt somebody. The price of poultry and eggs has everyone freaking out and thinking it’s a great idea to buy themselves some chickens. And maybe for some people, or even a lot of people, it is. But let’s get real about a…Poultry Farming6 min readPoultry Farming6 min read
Jan 29Member-onlyTyre Nichols: The Memphis Police Didn’t Fail. They Did Exactly What They Were Designed to Do“This is the definition of excessive force.” “We do our level-best to weed out officers who are looking to exercise power and violence.” “What we’ve seen breaks every rule and guideline in police training.” And yet… so-called “warrior training” is prevalent and popular with police departments all over the country…Police Brutality5 min readPolice Brutality5 min read
Jan 12Member-onlyPart 2: How I Cut My Food Budget by 40%, Meat Consumption by 50%, and Food Waste by 99%, Without Giving Up A ThingI wrote this guide to NoAusterity meal planning a few months ago to illustrate how I was using weekly meal planning to lower my food costs, reduce waste, and eat less meat without feeling like I was eating less meat. After those few months implementing this plan with my family…Food6 min readFood6 min read
Jan 9Member-onlyThere’s a Better Reason to Hate Crypto“Blockchain is a solution in search of a problem.” I don’t remember where I read those words, though it was probably right here on Medium. …Cryptocurrency6 min readCryptocurrency6 min read
Jan 9Member-onlyBuy Local. But Not To “Keep Money in Your Community.”Let’s keep it simple: “Keeping money in your community” is one of the linchpins of the small-farmers marketing toolkit. It’s also (arguably) bigger than all the lies and half-truths told by regenerative agriculture combined. The notion of keeping food dollars local has two problems. One: it doesn’t actually work, and…Agriculture5 min readAgriculture5 min read
Jan 5Member-onlyI Deleted All My Social Media. Here’s What Happened.Quick backstory: I spent the better part of a decade building up my business’ presence on various social media platforms. Never made it big or anything, but by the end of 2022 we had some 39K followers on Instagram, 25K on TikTok, 13K on Facebook, and around 11K on Twitter…Social Media7 min readSocial Media7 min read
Jan 4Member-onlyThe Trouble with the Global Perspective on FarmingAnother great question from a recent Ask Me Anything: Do you know anything about or have interest in exploring farming outside the US context? Smallholders in India and Indigenous farmers in Latin America seem to be doing some interesting stuff and are highly critical of the Gates Foundation etc that…Agriculture4 min readAgriculture4 min read
