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Of Unicorns and Mules

December 18, 2015by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

(A Response to Small is Possible, by Lyle Estil) Small is possible. I’m a believer. In fact, we have to assume that small will be necessary, short of miraculous developments […]

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Economy

On Supermarkets and Sociopathy

March 23, 2014by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

No matter what the company vision statement says, all corporations exist to make a profit.  As several psychology publications have noted in recent years, granting legal personhood to these businesses […]

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Getting Political

How Do We Beat Money?

March 2, 2014by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

Nearly every benefit of sustainable farming derives from the fact that is that it is low-input.  By definition, sustainability means making the farm as self-sufficient as possible, cycling nutrients on […]

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Getting Political

#AgGeek: A Millennial Finally Gets a Farm Education

February 23, 2014by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

I’m basically waiting around for spring to start.  Come April, I will once again be an apprentice farm hand, continuing my journey toward eventual farmerdom.  To keep the waiting from […]

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Getting Political

Environment and Homeland

February 1, 2014by Leah K. Smith 1 Comment

I recently began reading Wendell Berry’s The Unsettling of America, a contemplation on the exodus from the American countryside and consequent detachment of  the American people from their land, and […]

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Philosophy

Old Tools for a New Ag(e)

January 20, 2014by Leah K. Smith 1 Comment

At the root of the new sustainable farming movement lies the realization that our mechanized, “efficient” modern food system, intended to feed the world and bring a life of ease […]

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It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come our real work,

and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.

The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

The impeded stream is the one that sings.

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