I am a fierce advocate for farms and farming. But what is a farm? And who is a farmer? There are lots of social media posts on this topic. I write often on this topic and have asked these questions … Continue reading →
What in the farm-data mess is this? …It is a map to providing pathways for turning wastes into revenues. This is Part 4 in stepping through the impact of technology on making the world better economically and ecologically. Recall: Outputs … Continue reading →
Once again, strolling back to the future, this matrix of biomass products was created 20 years ago. It still relevant and ties together the preceding themes nicely on a different level. Outputs are dependent on the inputs, or, y = … Continue reading →
The most successful manure producers are also the most creative manure users. Or at least they are creative in facilitating the use of manure by others. Being awesome is a lot of work. Recall that technology is defined as y=f(x). … Continue reading →
My career has been defined as y = f(x). Technology, and in this case, Outputs, y, are (created from,=,) a function of, f(), inputs, x. In other words, how inputs are combined determines the technology. Corn can be grown with … Continue reading →
