Small Farms

Small farms,  in my opinion, are not the future of agriculture.  I’m asked all the time about why I hold this unfashionable position. It’s a tangled set of issues and…

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Poi and the Vegefication of the United States

Poi, as anyone who has been to Hawaii knows, was the staple food of the Hawaiians pre-Contact.  Now it’s often the butt of jokes.  Who would want to eat purple…

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No Goat on the US Commodities Roster

For me, all this puts the debates about the US Agricultural Secretary in a shining global light. “Goat meat is the most widely consumed meat in the world. That’s right,…

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