Category Archives: Law

Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Fanaticism

Posted on 20 June 2014 by dlhitzeman

There’s something about the sustainable food movement in all its various incarnations that brings out the fanatic in people, both pro and con. I admit that I am just as bad as anyone. Yet, there is an underlying problem with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: What’s in a name?

Posted on 13 February 2013 by dlhitzeman

Our farm experience is undergoing a lot of transitions right now. One of them is discovering that the name we’ve been using–in fact the name my in-laws have been using for decades–has been the registered trade name of another farm … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Farming: Web roundup

Posted on 28 February 2012 by dlhitzeman

Want to know what I’m reading about agriculture, food, and sustainability? Well this periodic post is the place to find out: Kajabi on the old wise farmer Treehugger on exploding pig barns The New York times on the rise of the artisanal food producer Scientific American on the impracticality of the cheeseburger Foreign Policy Magazine on […] Continue reading →

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Philosophy: The thin blue line

Posted on 10 January 2011 by dlhitzeman

On 1 January, a local sheriff’s deputy was gunned down during a shootout at a local trailer park. The event is a tragedy in any case, but especially when one considers the fact that she left behind two young children. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Philosophy: The thin blue line

Posted on 10 January 2011 by dlhitzeman

On 1 January, a local sheriff’s deputy was gunned down during a shootout at a local trailer park. The event is a tragedy in any case, but especially when one considers the fact that she left behind two young children. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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