Fern Rd Farm Update
I have written a six page update on work done at Fern Rd Farm over the past three months. Spring is very busy, and this new operation is quickly coming together. The document has several …
Energy in U.S. Food System
I wanted to highlight a recent post from Michael Bomford of Kentucky State University on his blog Energy Farms. Michael notes that USDA data show that the U.S. Food System is INCREASING its use of …
Oil and Larkspur
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s …
Crop Diversity Pays Off
Conventional agriculture production systems in developed countries rely heavily on fossil energy, but emerging uncertainties in energy supply indicate a need to better understand energy efficiency in conventional and alternative systems. So begins a press …
A Perspective on Ag 2.0 Silicon Valley
I attended the Agriculture 2.0 Silicon Valley conference co-hosted by New Seed Advisors, U.S. Venture Partners and Spin Farming. This is the second such conference, the first being in New York City, where Farmland LP …