Dec 10, 2020Letter to an Unborn ChildYears ago, before you were born, I sat on my bed one Thursday evening and wrote you this letter. I didn’t know who I was, let alone if you would come to exist and who you would be; so I couldn’t write with you in mind, thinking of your smile…Covid-192 min readCovid-192 min read
Dec 5, 2020The Powerlessness of Being WrongPower has always bothered me — or more specifically, powerlessness. I think that the power game of social interactions was something I began playing at a very young age, with the belief that, as a small child, I was the underdog. I remember that when I was five, I attended…1 min read1 min read
Dec 2, 2020How to Make a Healthier Nation of OmnivoresAt my family’s small lowbush blueberry farm in late July and early August, the energy is festive. Over a thousand customers come from around the valley with their friends and small children each year to participate in harvesting the year’s blueberries, and most of them have a personal connection to…Small Farming8 min readSmall Farming8 min read
Dec 2, 2020Farm Subsidies and RegulationsOur small farms are good for the world. They provide fresh, healthy food to their communities, they are responsible and caring stewards of their land, and their regenerative farming practices are more friendly to the environment than the practices of large farms growing corn or soy as monocrops with nitrogen…Small Farming5 min readSmall Farming5 min read