2026-10-19

Today I want to share a couple of links related to American agriculture. Ok, this is not my area of expertise, but these two women have been doing a lot to open my eyes to understanding what's happening in rural America, with our food, with our farmers and farm laborers, and how we talk about it.

The first is a newsletter/blog from Sarah Mock, author of Farm (And other F Words). She writes about farming and agriculture, but for n00bs like me who have driven through miles of wheat without really understanding what we're seeing. Not all of her posts are 'on topic', but she periodically posts things like this that really fill in some blanks for me. Here's her latest post:

https://sarahmock.substack.com/p/the-farmers-share-of-the-food-dollar

She also released a podcast (mini-series?) called 'The Only Thing that Lasts' where she talked through the history of agriculture in America, from the founding to the modern day.

https://ambrook.com/offrange/podcast/the-only-thing-that-lasts

The second person I want to point you to is Sarah Taber. Her background is in food science and safety, and she is a small farmer in the southeastern US. I started reading her newsletter when she was running for office, and it seems like now she's mostly working on YouTube videos (well, and her real job). I find her blunt style very refreshing. She's spent some of the last summer talking about food safety in the framing of our latest lettuce debacle, but if you go back further there are videos on biological sexism, the fertilizer 'crisis', Ballerina Farm, raw milk, and regular bouts of of ag-related politics.

https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber

2026-10-17

At the end of August, I did something I've dreamed of and went on safari in Tanzania! It was amazing, spectacular. I did not want to come home!

I'm still thinking about what I'm going to do with all the photos I took (so many photos!) but for now, here's a few to share. Not the best, just some that I liked flipping through the pile today.

2026-10-17

I've let my Mastodon hosting subscription lapse, and I'm not sure I'll ever bother signing up for an account on someone else's server. I decided I'd just rather follow people's blogs and posts via RSS. I don't really need to reply, and if I'm going to post stuff that never gets read, it might as well be here! :)