Meetings have taught me one valuable lesson: watch the quiet people. There are these hidden people that attend meetings. They say nothing. You can attend 10 meetings in a row and never hear them say a word. Source: Medium.com, July 28, 2020. Link. The loudest person in the room is not the most senior, or necessarily the brightest spark. Job titles make people do stupid … [Read more...]
What farming isn’t
The food movement has nothing to do with farming, proclaims writer Sarah Mock, a farm kid from Wyoming. After a two-week trek across the U.S. heartland, Mock says that the idyllic, pastoral daydream we cling to (and pay for) bears no resemblance to farming there or anywhere. Source: Medium.com, June 10, 2016. Conventional farming and farm-to-table farming exist separately … [Read more...]