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So this adjustment out of farming is going to be harder on me than I thought. My grand plan was to wait it out until I was inspired to write about ag and ag issues again, but in the meantime that meant a crushing silence on Dissertation to Dirt. … [...] I am currently settling into a farm-less life. We have both found non-ag jobs, and Round Table Farm is closed. Travis has been hired by a functional landscaping business called Yard Farm. It’s close enough to agriculture that Travis’ ab… [...] Gene Logsdon, my unspoken mentor (so unspoken that he, in fact, doesn’t know), recently posted an article pointing to small farming as one answer to the jobs crisis in the US. If the government would get out of the way of small farms, Logsdon say… [...] The land east of Austin is a monochrome pallete in the off-yellows of dying plants. Nowhere was it more stark than when I rounded the curve of pasture that separates Tecolote Farm from Highway 969. Tecolote is east of downtown Austin, not t… [...] Wildfires have burned an area the size of Connecticut around central Texas, nearly 4 million acres. 30,000 acres have been burned in Bastrop alone, just southeast of Austin. Thousands of people have been affected, and many have lost their h… [...] Travis and I are going on holiday. I will be back up in two weeks with a brand new Young Farmer Profile and, as always, my updates on food and farming in Austin. If you haven’t done it already, this is a good time to add me to your RSS feed… [...] This week, after three years, Travis and I officially completed our last days as farm workers. My seasonal, contracted job at Urban Roots ended on Wednesday. Travis has moved on to a job with a landscaping company, and if all goes well I will be writ… [...] Imagine you’ve just graduated from college, in something like American literature. In addition to Toni Morrison and Allen Ginsberg, you’ve been reading books by Joel Salatin and Gene Logsdon. You’re interested in farming because it provides… [...] Most of us know that flavored milk has come under fire for contributing to the slew of diet related health problems in America’s children, including the rising obesity rates among kids. Last June, with the help of Jamie Oliver, the sugary drinks … [...] You may start crying now. [...] |
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