“We’re on our first cup of coffee. We’re on our third cup of tea And we can’t pretend to live on different planets, you and me.” – Collision of Worlds. 2012. Robbie Williams and Brad Paisley In a 1965 collection of essays, G. Evelyn Hutchinson likened evolution to a play unfolding in an ecological theatre [1]. The theatre is the setting, and the play is the story of innumerable species interacting with one another and with the physical environment. As in many good plays, c

My apologies to any reader who is already familiar with the subject of farming, its history, and practice. My intended audience is anyone who knows little to nothing about the topic but would like to learn more, including me. In the interest of time and your attention, I am condensing thousands of years of farming history into a few paragraphs, focusing instead on some of the discoveries and events that I stumbled upon during my research. As with some of the other topics I ha

I had originally planned on doing a short blog about the Nature Conservancy in Patagonia. Then curiosity set in and I wanted to learn more about what came before TNC -- way before. So, this has grown into a bigger project and at least two or more blogs. However, in order to meet my self-imposed deadline of January 1, here is a brief introduction. My schoolmates and I always pronounced it "Blue Haven", but the road that borders Sonoita Creek on the west side is "Blue Heaven R