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Toward a Platform Cooperative for Food Sovereignty

August 05, 2022

Over the last few months, Laurie Wayne of Open Food Network and I have been talking with people we know through various channels, including…

My Story

September 15, 2020

I was 15 when I decided I did not want to be a farmer. It was a drought year and my first summer working on a family farm in New Jersey. I…

Farm Data as Value Added

September 21, 2018

I said in my last post that putting good software and data into the hands of farmers can profit a local economy, and I'd like to back up…

Local Development

September 03, 2018

About a year ago I started thinking more about what digital infrastructure is needed to maintain the profitability of local food producers…