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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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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Where’s your foodshed?
I just came across a term I really like. It’s called foodshed. Like a watershed, it refers to the idea of where one’s food comes from. So, where’s your foodshed? Is it big enough? Does it grow the kinds of … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming, Food, Local
Tagged challenges, Farming, foodshed, localvore
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Employing America by feed it
Monty Python ruined things for all of us. How so? Because if you mention a career in growing food, this is what most Americans think: And most of the time, that’s where the conversation ends, even if one has more … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming, Food
Tagged Choices, Farming, goals, regulations, strangulation
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Some thoughts on bureaucrats, school lunches, and the lies we tell ourselves
Bureaucrats tend to obfuscate the truth with words, and far too often, people fall for the resulting lie. Take school lunches as an example. As recently evidenced by the whole debacle over the NeverSeconds weblog, bureaucrats will continue to insist … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Food, Philosophy
Tagged bureaucrats, challenges, Choices, Experiments, Farming, goals, Lies, revolutions, Schools
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Planning spaces: working animals into a sustainable permaculture plan
I’ve learned a lot about utilizing the ground for food production over the past few years, and one of the things I have learned is that there is no space, whether it is a garden, a tilled field, or a … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Food, Sustainability
Tagged Animals, Farming, Gardneing, Lessons, permaculture, Tools
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