The Green Dreamer Podcast: Regeneration as a Real Path Forward
I recently had the chance to chat with Kamea Chayne from Green Dreamer Podcast about the poor condition of our soils and the solutions to address this problem, how we can eat a truly sustainable [...]
How our process helped this graduate see his property in a whole new light
My name is Ian Griebel, and I operate a 2,300 acre ranch with my wife Dana Blume and my two wild little boys Cohen and Fynn. I’m the third generation farming this land, but have only been doing [...]
The Hidden Risks of Autonomous Farming, Part 2
Last time, I posed the following questions: 1) What are the hidden black swans associated with relegating all food production to robotics? 2) Is food production important enough that we should [...]
The Hidden Risks of Autonomous Farming, Part 1
I thought it would be a good time to kick off 2018 with a piece looking at the future and the brave new world of autonomous farming. But in order to look forward, let’s think like historians and [...]
Land as Insurance, Part 3: The Role of Farms
Here is part 1 and part 2 of the Land as Insurance series. In an attempt to understand how to create insurance for my family around food, water, energy, and money, I came up with the idea of [...]
Land as Insurance, Part 1: A Primer
This is a three-part series based on an idea I recently had around the subjects of farming, black swans, and creating a product that can help insure against risk. In this first article I’ll [...]
Land as Insurance Part 2: The Black Swan Theory - Resilience[…] Last time, we talked about predicta...
The Hidden Risks of Autonomous Farming, Part 1
I thought it would be a good time to kick off 2018 with a piece looking at the future and the brave new world of autonomous farming. But in order to look forward, let’s think like historians and [...]
Coppicing – A Lost Art Revisited
Coppicing has always been interesting to me as a wood production system (fuel, timber) because it uses trees that can be cut perpetually. In other words, the tree is cut and grows back. This is [...]