Farm
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A Glass of Green Pepper-Strawberry Gene Splice Juice
August 25, 2013 Last spring a farmer in Oregon sprayed his field with Roundup, a glyphosate weedkiller. The weeds died but tufts of wheat in the field did not. After getting in with a weed scientist from Oregon State University… Continue reading
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Summer Coffee
August 19, 2013 It is Monday and there are no folk at the Farm. After a summer of Learning and Serving groups it seems a little lonely. Well, being an introverted sort, maybe lonely isn’t the right word. But there… Continue reading
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When Justice Is On The Back Forty, Is It Justice?
July 29, 2013 When you’re baling at 3am on a Sunday morning and when everything is going right—no breakdowns, no mis-ties, no plug-ups—one has time to think. With half a moon lighting the morning sky and casting shadows off the… Continue reading
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Feeling Life
June 28, 2013 Last spring a kid was born on the Farm. Well, a lot of kids were born. But one in particular, the third of three, smaller than the other two came mid-morning, mid-week. We had seen similar babies… Continue reading