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Building the Next Great American Foodshed

Building the Next Great American Foodshed

Climate change has put the foundations of the US nutritional supply chain in an extremely perilous position. Simply, the weather is changing and our ability to feed ourselves is at risk. Where can we look for our next 100+ years of harvests?

Sheriffs Vs. Democracy [Open Fundraising Letter]

Sheriffs Vs. Democracy [Open Fundraising Letter]

To some degree, I think all of us are legitimately wondering: will voting still determine who has political power in the USA after the next few election cycles? As the NYT reported this morning [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/us/politics/election-sheriffs-voting-trump.html] , what was previously dismissible as

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture

These are some of the oldest technologies in the world making a comeback – ancient grazing systems, cultivation strategies, and crops that have been forgotten are seeing new use as we struggle to become a good keystone species on planet Earth.

Reckoning with the Sheriff

Reckoning with the Sheriff

This fall, I got the chance to return to my electoral roots in collaboration with some really smart organizations fighting against our racist criminal justice system in America with campaigns for County Sheriff.

Permaculture Farm Adventure - The Ideas Phase

Permaculture Farm Adventure - The Ideas Phase

We're here! At our new farm in Catskill, NY! I have a lot of ideas about what I want to include in our regenerative permaculture farm, all of them gleaned from Internet study, book learning, and classes I've taken. And I want to get them out "on paper" – before we put them out on the land.

Opentrons, and Beyond!

Opentrons, and Beyond!

Together we grew a team that poured the foundation for what is today Opentrons Labworks, Inc. And now, nine years later, Chiu and I have both stepped back from day-to-day responsibilities at the company we co-founded.

Negative Emission Cows?

Negative Emission Cows?

It turns out we already have some amazing carbon sequestering biotech in front of us: cows. Cows, and the ecosystems they've evolved with.

Best Biotech Sci-fi

Best Biotech Sci-fi

I find myself writing this list out in an email to someone every six months, so I figure I should write it down somewhere! I have been reading sci-fi my entire life and get a lot of joy from it. Some of it is from the "pew pew!"

Rolling Regenerative Soil Carbon Kickoff Event

Rolling Regenerative Soil Carbon Kickoff Event

The Driftless region of Wisconsin is hilly, fertile farmland nestled by the wide section of the Mississippi called Lake Peppin. Bucolic doesn't even start to do it justice. In early October when Kristin and I, plus some others, flew out to kick off the new regenerative farming non-profit,