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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Five years on: First, a request
As part of our effort to advance our cause at Innisfree, we have started a GoFundMe Campaign to support our coppicing effort. If you are interested, go check out the GoFundMe page to find out more.
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Posted in Economy, Farming, Funding
Tagged challenges, coppicing, Experiments, Farming, GoFundMe, Self-sufficiency
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Some thoughts on the future of agriculture
Yesterday on Facebook, I posted a link to an article on Grist about urban farming. The point of the article was that urban farming is not a panacea for our food production ills, and I made the argument that there … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming, Food, Philosophy
Tagged challenges, Choices, consumers, Farming, Gardneing, Self-sufficiency, solutions, urban gardens
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Consequences for a region
The City of Dayton‘s recent decision not to extend the lease for Synergy Incubators has much larger consequences than just for the city. Synergy Incubators is a regional asset, opening opportunities for food entrepreneurs to create and sustain small-scale enterprises … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming, Food, Government, Local, Society
Tagged Action, Consequences, jobs, Opportunities, Politics, Synergy Incubators
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Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Liberty, and Choices
Over the past several weeks, I’ve seen a lot of posts from a lot of people on the idea of shopping on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Online Monday, all all the other money spending days before Christmas that … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Economy, Holidays, Life, Local, Philosophy, Society
Tagged black friday, Choices, Christmas, Consequences, money, persuasion, Spending, Thinking
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Crowdfunding and risk
I’m a big fan of crowdfunding, that idea put forward by websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo that allows people with ideas to connect with groups of people interested in their idea to help fund it. I’ve helped fund a few ideas … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Life, Making, Philosophy, Science and Technology, Society
Tagged crowdfunding, failure, ideas, Reality, success
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