Tag Archives: food

A New Post

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

I know it’s high time for a new post. Life’s vicissitudes have kept me from it. Also, sometimes I just feel rather uninspired. And I keep waiting for Kate to put up a post (I know many of you do … Continue reading →

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Power, Corruption, and Raw Milk

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

In case you had forgotten that the tendency of all those with power is to seek more power… In case you had recently been thinking that, perhaps, corporatism is a force for good… In case you had begun to imagine … Continue reading →

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Mushroom hunting: puff balls

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

I pwned Nathan at disc golf the other, and his only consolation was that as we traversed the course, we found several puff ball mushroom which we knew to be edible from our research of morel mushroom hunting in the … Continue reading →

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Homegrown Pig Slaughter

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

After 9 months, a couple hundred pounds, corn, and electricity we have successfully seen our first pig fulfill its duty: death. With the help of a local butcher we learned the ins and outs (knives and guts) of sending a … Continue reading →

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Foodonomics

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

Some thoughts (sprinkled with theology and home-grown photos). I. Food: The Foundation of All Economics These are the things I will argue: A) Food is the foundation of human society. B) A vibrant economy in any people group comes only … Continue reading →

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Difficult Days: Laments and Lessons On the Farm

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

The difference between dreams and reality is…well…reality. One often imagines things will work out a certain way, imagines all the fine details about how such things will work out, invents grand plans based on the success of such imaginings. Then, … Continue reading →

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Crawfishin’

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Somehow or  other we got it in our heads to catch some crawfish. Compiling little bits of stuffs we’d heard about how, and gathering whatever tools we thought useful for the task, we set out for glory. And we did … Continue reading →

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Relevant Magazine Article – the full interviews

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

I recently wrote an article for Relevant Magazine. The piece dealt with “food ethics,” specifically how we as human beings have become disconnected from the soil (our origins – see Genesis 1) and from our food (which comes from the … Continue reading →

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Sourdough: the solution to all the world’s problems

Posted on June 25, 2011 by

We make our own bread products in this house, and rely heavily on commercial yeast from the grocery store. Not only is the stuff expensive, it’s not self-sustaining, since you have to keep buying it to keep making bread. I … Continue reading →

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What We Do: a montage of our days these days

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

In one of my favorite movies – A Beautiful Mind – Alicia Nash is tending the kitchen while her medicated husband sits at a table staring blankly at nothing. “Whatcha thinkin’ about?” she asks. “What do people do?” he replies. … Continue reading →

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