Ethanol/Grunwald 2: What Does an Acre Produce?
Farming, ethanol and the economics of living landscapes — essay 2 of 4 Thorsten Arnold is an environmental scientist and…
Ethanol/Grunwald 1: Michael Grunwald Is Right About Ethanol. But What Actually Spares the Land?
What Does an Acre Produce? Farming, ethanol and the economics of living landscapes — essay 1 of 4 Sep 29,…
Ethanol blog series: Farming, ethanol and the economics of living landscapes
Thorsten Arnold is an environmental scientist and farmer in Grey County, Ontario, working with the National Farmers Union on…
We Bet Everything on Farmer Heroes. That Was a Mistake.
Our best ecological farmers are burning out and selling up. The answer is not a braver hero. Over the past…
Agroecology Lost the Narrative—and Then Lost the Budget
Why Canada’s food-security strategy barely sees ecological farming—and what the agroecological field must build next Dr. Thorsten Arnold Abstract
Cooperation at the Table: Why Local Food Begins With How We Eat Together
We often talk about local food as a purchasing decision—buy local, support farmers, reduce emissions. But this misses something…
Artificial Scarcity: Overproduction, Demand Management, and the Ecological Cost of Stabilizing Commodity Agriculture
For more than a century, North American agriculture has lived inside the wrong story about scarcity. The public story…
From Soil Health to Chemical Expression: Why Nutrient Density Is a Dynamic Event, Not a Static Property
This blog adds further detail to a well-received Soil Health, Plant Health, Human Health: How Living Soils Create…
Beyond Production Narrative: Reclaiming Landscapes as Commons
It is easy to underestimate how culture changes. Not because it moves slowly—though it often does—but because culture change…
Reciprocity, Not Charity, Is the Real Antidote — and That Is Precisely the Problem
After two community members ran online fundraisers, in order to alleviate the pain of managing personal tragedy, our local…
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