Another Record Tornado Year? Intro to Holism in Government

Good afternoon, good evening or good night. Wherever you are reading this, may your water cycle be slow and steady. May needed rain fall and 500 year floods become a thing of the past. If we are honest with ourselves, we know the previous statement won’t happen in our lifetimes or even our childrens’. Hopefully, …

Becca’s Medical Situation

   Those of you who know me know I like to lift people up, not complain on social media, and offer solutions. These last 6 months, maybe 8, have been extremely trying, heart-breaking, and cruel. This is a very difficult post to write but thankfully, it does have a little bit of a not so depressing …

Beef Prices Gonna Rise

    There is a perfect storm brewing when it comes to beef prices and we hope to help you prepare for it as best as possible.     First, let me start by apologizing for how long it has taken me to get back to doing blog posts. These last two years have been nothing short …

Money and Soil Building

To many, caring for the soil is an intangible, higher calling befitting Monks and Nuns and really isn’t the main focus of large scale agriculture. Bushels per acre or pounds per acre of marketable product is the end game. And in a sense, neither party is “wrong” per se. But to that end, we must …

It’s More than Just Moving Animals

I was a Marine Cyrptologic Arabic Linguist from 04-2013. I deployed to Iraq twice and was stationed on the edge of the “Fertile Crescent” or the birthplace of civilization aka the Euphrates river and the land extending over to the Tigris. What I saw was miles and miles of intense desert and dust storms, 100 …

Origins- How it All Started

How did a suburban kid growing up as a paper boy, baseball player and cross country runner become a Farmer? Of all things? A Farmer. Long story short: I had a great Latin teacher in high school, became an Arabic Linguist, worked for a Government Agency and now I am Farmer. Logical, right?     I …

What Does Carbon Have to Do with Food Production, Floods and Climate Change

      Regenerative Agriculture seems to be the lastest buzz word in the food and farming industry. What is it? How does it differ from Sustainable?     When we sustain something, we merely keep it from deteriorating and business continues as usual. What does it mean to regenerate? Do you sustain a broken bone as broken …