Over the past few decades, farming has changed dramatically. Mechanization and increasingly efficient technologies have made it possible for just one or two people to manage areas of land that once required much larger teams of workers and animals. While this has...
Since water management and landscape rehydration is a topic that I’ve covered in depth over years now, I wanted to try and dig into some of the often overlooked, and sometimes less exciting considerations for water. Today I’m joined by my good friend and regular...
As important as it is to manage the land well to create healthy and abundant produce, it’s just as important to sell that produce to a market that values its quality. Many large scale markets buy volume at the lowest price with no regards for differences in how...
A Summer of Drought and Extreme Weather Wherever you’re listening to this right now, you’re probably feeling the changes this summer in a big way. It’s not only us here in the Mediterranean region of Europe who are experiencing record heat waves,...
Following up from the last episode in which I explained some of the broader concepts of water cycles and their relationship with land, vegetation, and management practices, we’re going to go down to ground level to explore what it means to read the landscape for...
