Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure of doing a one-day consult for a lady who 3 months ago bought her dream homestead in Tennessee.

Have you seen the documentary sequel to COWSPIRACY titled WHAT THE HEALTH? Both of these documentaries received lots of traction, creating a big splash. Both advocate eliminating meat from your diet and livestock from the world.

Are you tired of masks? Not a single scientific study shows their efficacy as currently worn. All of the studies measuring their effectiveness use a certain kind worn a certain way and measuring droplets, but do we even know those droplets increase the risk of Covid? No, we don't.

I don't read every comment on my blogs, but definitely see most of them and I'm always, always, always grateful for the feedback. I'm convinced that I'm cultivating some of the most thoughtful, sincere-minded conversations in this space and am delighted with the level of communication.

Last night Teresa and I watched the new documentary SACRED COW produced and directed by Sustainable Dish maven Diana Rodgers. Bear in mind that I watch about 2 documentaries a year and perhaps half a dozen movies. I'm a book and word guy, not a video guy. Still don't have a TV.

In a day of sound bites and band-aid fixes, sometimes it's important to realize how interconnected things are. Jim Gerrish, guru of grass management, is famous for answering almost any question with "it depends." Those are wise words.

Imagine if we had social media, internet, and Amazon when somebody said…

Our 2020 Steward team finished yesterday in time to get gussied up for our year-end celebration dinner last night. Lots of old farmers my age don't cotton to spending days surrounded by 20-somethings (or younger) but when they're on board, engaged, and enthusiastic, their vitality is infectious. And when you're well over 60, vitality infection is a good thing.

Today I introduce you to Niti Bali, author of Farm to Fork Meat Riot and guru of rogue food commerce. I talked about her back when her book came out, but today I want to explain something else she's up to: a Food Church.

Albert Einstein is said to have said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and hoping for different results.

I've been listening . . .

I don't know about you, but I have thoroughly enjoyed the conversation surrounding wildfires and was especially surprised and interested yesterday that it turned to questioning public ownership of land.