Farm

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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