Aug 9Member-onlyDear Incels: It’s Not A Woman’s Job to Make You a Man.Read this shit. Reinventing history has been a favorite hobby of raging jackasses for at least the last century. …Dating5 min readDating5 min read
Jul 26Member-onlyTry This in a Small Town: Living in OneI’m a big fan of a country music sub-genre called “outlaw country.” Its artists are some of the most widely recognizable names in music: Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Charlie Daniels. …Music6 min readMusic6 min read
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
