Every Important Thing I Learned on the Farm — It’s not an exaggeration to say that every important thing I learned growing up on a farm, every idea that went on to truly shape not only my worldview but my identity, had to do with death. The thing is, on a farm, everything dies, and everything is meant to…

And F Words — I write for a living. I’ve been trying to get back into writing the kind of essays here that I get really jazzed about, the kind that I sit down to work on for like half an hour and when I look up five have gone by. This one comes…

And other agricultural advice for wedding season — It’s always seemed odd to me that we start marriages with a big, exciting party, where everyone congratulates you. I’ve seen so many friends strive for and obsess about their wedding, craving the personal and collective validation of their relationship, their choices, their success in life, the enticement of a…

The Intersection of Workers and Climate — I recently sat down with Ricardo Salvador, and got the chance to unpack what’s happening with carbon markets right now, and why it’s so important that the Biden administration *not* rush into participation in a carbon credit system that’s going to burn out when people realize that the economics got…

Or, I wanted to work for Monsanto (and so should you) — I think my sister was the first to point out that I, when compared to a cliche twentysomething woman, have my career and my romantic life switched around. See, even BuzzFeed thinks you can reduce dating in your twenties to a listicle (in this case, they describe 11 real dud…

An Open Letter to New York Times Opinion Author Gracy Olmstead — We’ve got to unpack this recent opinion piece published in the New York Times, “My Great-Grandfather Knew How to Fix Our Food System.” (Gifs to help you make it through.) I am going to try my best here to not be flippantly derogatory for the sake of illustrating how, the…

“If You Know So Much About Farming, Grow Your Own” — If you’ve ever said true facts about agriculture in public, you’ve probably come up against some version of this argument” Of course, the boiled down version of this “argument” is captured in one of my favorite memes. But I want to take some time to really dig into the…

The Regenerative Ag Racket — This week, the Good News Network wrote about, “The First Farmer in the US to Sequester Carbon for Cash in Private Marketplace Earns $115,000 For His Planting Strategy.” …

A Tough Love Letter to the Equality State from a Wyomingite in Exile — So I was making breakfast on Wednesday when I heard the story “Facing a Reckoning, Wyoming Wrestles with a Transition from Fossil Fuels” on NPR’s Morning Edition. …