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Today I helped with “Turkey Transition Day” with Slow Food Russian River.

I like to support the efforts of farmers who are raising heritage breeds of animals. Heritage breeds of livestock are often in danger of becoming extinct, because industrial livestock breeds create a monoculture of animals. Industrial breeds were developed for [...]

In case you didn’t already see it on my Citizen Science Projects weblog, I was a guest blogger on Science Cheerleader, with a post there titled Getting back to our roots as everyday scientists: Permaculture. (Yes, Science Cheerleader is Darlene Cavalier, a former NBA cheerleader; and no, you won’t see me in her promised [...]

Cat Urbigkit, a sheep rancher, writer and photographer from western Wyoming, is a nice addition to Stephen Bodio’s Querencia blog. She’s done a fascinating series of posts (with stunning photos) that help satisfy my need to vicariously travel to Mongolia:

We ran the horses across the steppe. Armanbek had another young man bring me Armanbek’s [...]

I’ve heard that the Sonoma County Permaculture Guild has had about three incarnations over the years, and I’m really happy that it seems to be getting new life now. Thanks to Erik Ohlsen of Permaculture Artisans, Lenaya Pongan, and Angela Bohl, this past week featured the first meeting of a reinvigorated Guild, and the [...]

I don’t remember when exactly it was…I think we might have been watching some video footage of the Beatles, or maybe John and Yoko. And Steve said something about those times, and how it seemed like our culture really had a chance at real love…not a romantic love, but a wider love. A love [...]