Land | Food | Nature | People
The great press baron, Lord Northcliffe, used to tell his journalists that four subjects could be relied upon for abiding public interest: crime, love, money, and food. Only the last of these is fundamental and universal. Crime is a minority interest, even in the worst-regulated societies. It is possible to imagine an economy without money …
Proton, the Swiss encrypted and privacy-aware email service, now lets you read and reply to your Gmail emails from within Proton. If you’re looking to wean yourself off Gmail, or just curious about trying an alternative, this could be a good place to start: anyone you reply to will still receive your messages as Gmail, …
Thoughts on farming, food systems and rhetorical ecology prompted by a documentary film trailer I didn’t much like. #FoodStudies #agriculture #ecology #agroecology #systems
My social media hangout of choice is Bluesky – now, this website talks to it. I think. WordPress have released an ATmosphere plugin allowing me to post directly to Bluesky from here, and maybe even suck comments back in, using the protocol Bluesky is built on. I, er, think that’s good?
Thoughts on changing approach, calcified systems and why we need a food system like a forest garden, not a plantation
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