Farm

  • Eating Locally, Artistically

    September 13, 2014 Belinda and I were asked to join a ten-day program to eat locally. Folk were hoping to get some statistics on how hard it is to eat food from within a 100-mile radius of our home. We… Continue reading

  • Virtuous Redneck Liberal

    September 1, 2014 Home was a small piece of sage canyon land butting against open land. As kids, my sister, brother and I and our friends never gave it much thought biking a mile or so to a friend’s house.… Continue reading

  • 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