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Charting the confluence of perennial agriculture and agroecology, the built environment, and human cooperation.
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Eyes on the Land (opens the original)
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Before diving in, I have a little housekeeping. I’ve recently turned on paid subscriptions for Headwaters. You can read more about my setup here. TLDR, I am not paywalling anything, and I’ve priced the monthly and annual tiers to be as close to one another as Substack will allow, as I am personally tired of the subscription economy and want to replicate something closer to an occasional payment. I appreciate any and all contributions to my work exploring the possibilities and potential of a sust
Liberal Arts Education is not a Scam (opens the original)
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The liberal arts are under attack. The idea of a collegiate education that is wide-ranging, incorporating coursework in the humanities, sciences, arts, and communication no matter one’s primary course of study, is at the nadir of its popularity. Going beyond the obvious politically motivated attacks of recent years, a broader backlash against the liberal arts has focused on the perceived waste of student time and money. Classes that are allegedly unrelated to one’s career goals lead students to
Is it the Cow or is it the How? (opens the original)
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Cattle and the climateThe food system is an underappreciated source of our climate woes. Popular attention is taken up by the fossil fuel industry and the plight of transitioning away from coal and cars towards solar and subways. Emissions from fertilizer off-gassing or rice paddy methane production are all too often pushed to the sidelines of climate work.The major exception to this is cattle. Emissions from cattle-sourced methane, an inevitable consequence of how their ruminant digestive syste
Exploring the Bean Cuisines of Europe (opens the original)
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Our wonderful world has numerous bean cultures to celebrate. From Mexico’s refried beans to the dal stews of India to the aromatically seasoned red beans of East Africa, the bean-loving eater has numerous traditions, textures, and flavor profiles to draw from when preparing fiber-and-protein-rich, planet-healthy meals.Amidst this leguminous medley, there isn’t much love for the bean cultures of Europe. European cookery is generally seen as meat- and fish-heavy, and as beans have grown in clout h
Could Perennial Grains loose their Perenniality? (opens the original)
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The process of domestication imparts radical changes to the anatomy and physiology of a species. In evolving to fulfill the new niches that humanity carved out millennia ago, cereal crops shed their ability to disperse their own seed, synchronized the timing of flowering and ripening, and swelled grain size by a massive degree. All of this to better fit the molds established by human cultivation and harvesting practices. The consequences of this shift, however, were the gradual loss of these spe
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