I had no idea that plowing was bad! In my own garden I diligently turned over the winter cover crop and raked the surface smooth again. I thought I was helping to create a fluffy weed-free environment. I was wrong! First, tilling (plowing) messes with a complex underground ecosystem that is essential for healthy plants. Disturbing the fungi that access nutrients and process them into forms that plants need or the microbes that produce compounds that promote plant growth or…
We might be having a mini-collective-mid-life crisis at our house. Both of us have jobs that sound perfectly fine on paper. We have good benefits and lovely co-workers. And both of us start to have panic attacks when we think about spending the next 30 years in front of a computer. So we come home from work and daydream. “Should we farm seaweed? I heard on a podcast that it could be an amazing way to sequester carbon and a…
Welcome! I’m glad you found your way here, blog-reader. Let me begin to introduce myself… I am perpetually searching for work that feels meaningful. I find great joy in moving/walking/running/stretching. I think a lot about food. I believe deeply that the small everyday choices we make matter. And that we can transform our communities into places that are just, healthy, and beautiful through what we eat, where we purchase, how we interact, and when (often!) we voice our opinions. I…