Yesterday, with great disappointment, I announced the Mother Earth News fair at Polyface postponement until next summer due to Covid-19.  That was our educational component for the season.

The most anticipated shindig in our lives for more than a year has succumbed to the realities of Covid-19: The Mother Earth News Fair at Polyface. If you've never been to one of their several fairs around the country in the last decade, you're missing a real treat. It's the biggest gathering of authentic self-reliance and eco-enhancing practitioners in the world.

We don't normally do that in our sophisticated society; we just censor. Take away their voice.

The Polyface Stewards. That's who. Here on the farm, we have numerous rites of passage during the season. In the late winter, arrival of the first broiler chicks is a sign that spring is just around the corner…

Until last week, I did not know anyone who had Covid-19.  But a close friend finally got it, or thinks he did.  And therein lies the insanity of this whole thing.

What do you think that is? Go ahead, take a minute and think: what is foaming chickens?

Today I returned from my first plane flight since the Covid-19 outbreak.  I flew from Charlottesville to Charlotte to do a farm consult for a young family on a multi-generational farm.  We spent yesterday dreaming and going through financial and resource issues, marketing and distribution, and putting together a plan to leverage their current position into a truly thriving pastured livestock farm.

Whatever your perceptions of Covid-19, on this 50th anniversary of Earth Day it seems fitting to appreciate that it has been the nicest thing to happen to the earth for a very long time.

The actual coronavirus is now yesterday's story. Today's story is the political and economic fallout. This is 9/11 on steroids. Here is a list of questions all thinking people need to ask right now:

The fuel that powers action in the coronavirus pandemic is the daily ticker. Of course, the Dow Jones Industrial average has had a ticker for a long time, and that of course, stimulates investment response.

Today I want to introduce you to a functional medical doctor, Dr. Justin Marchegiani whose podcasts were recommended to me by one of our former apprentices.  I've fallen in love with this guy.  I highly recommend you look at a couple of his presentations.  They ain't on the news.

The stimulus plan, as it's known, is far too generic to be beneficial.  I've talked to numerous economist-type friends and none can tell me definitively what all this sudden money out of thin air will do.  Normally, that's a recipe for inflation.