Biomimicry in Agriculture, or, (better yet) Ecomimicry Us nature-geeks blame technology for modern problems, but we can get a little fuzzy about where to go from there. Some nature-geeks champion the idea of ‘biomimicry,’ which is defined as ‘innovations inspired…
With the fires in Ventura County, I think we can call it official; our heavy fuel loads have come home to roost. A week ago I could convince myself, while drinking a beer and listening to rain patter on the…
Soil Science can save civilization and it can do it twice. The first is the usual way; civilization is built on agriculture which is based on soil, etc. If you are unfamiliar with how this might be possible, check out…
Did I mention that our home burned down in the Nuns Fires in Sonoma County last month? Well, I’m casually bringing it up again for two reasons. First of all, given all that’s happened, we at Grounded Land and Livestock…
Friends and Family, The three of us Chisholm-Harts are spending our Thanksgiving eve thinking about what we are grateful for. Obviously all of you are top of mind. We are settling into our temporary digs in Petaluma, Abel is busy…
As it has through the summer, the fog still rolls in every morning from the ocean, a sort of daily glacier. Only marooned mountain tops stick out. It reminds me of the view from our ranches on top of Sonoma…
Abel is something of a grass connoisseur. When we go for our daily walk out in the pasture, our one year old son wants to get out and play. When we are in Oregon he prefers to play in a…
On Monday the 9th, in the first round of wildfires in Sonoma County, the tiny handmade house that my wife and I have lived in for the last six years burnt to the ground. We were married in the front…
