Savanna Blog
Global Warming and the Fossil Record: Not What you Think
There was a new report out this week with dire warnings about the consequences of global warming. As usual, the political right received this information with its usual response to expert opinion, sneering and eye rolling. Expert opinion? and facts, why would we need those? The political left meanwhile has welcomed it with much hand-wringing […]
Whats Right With Modern Agriculture
So far, the only thing worse than modern agriculture is any of the alternatives. This fact has been concealed by our politics, agriculture having been swallowed up by our politics, just like everything else. If you say ‘agriculture is great’ or ‘agriculture needs to be improved,’ you are aligning yourself with a political faction. So […]
Partisanship Starts When People Stop Thinking
Important to remember what its all for. I like talking politics, but before you strike up a political conversation with me, be warned; if you say three or four things in a row that line up neatly with the fissures of modern American politics, I am going to make some assumptions. How can I say […]
Serengeti Grazing Lessons Part… I lost track.
For most people, water flows downhill, but on our ranch I make it flow uphill. Twice a day. Ok, fine, I don’t know how much I have to do with it. But water does flow uphill twice a day. This is because even though we are a full twenty miles from the ocean, our ranch […]
Serengeti Grazing Lessons Part V
In order to successfully to mimic nature, we need to look to nature. But not just any old nature, a really natural nature. That is why we are continuing our look at the grazing ecosystem of the Serengeti. That is what comes naturally to me. What does not come naturally to me is a discussion […]
Serengeti Grazing Lessons Part IV
It is Newton’s laws that have changed history more than the ideas of any other person. At least, that’s what I ‘m going to say this week. I might say something different next week. No one seems to argue with me so maybe next week I will say that it was Jon Bon Jovi’s ideas […]