@Sarah Taber
Small farmer, crop scientist, & ex-farm worker & crop scientist. Here to talk food, agriculture, and money.
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just thinking about how if GLP-1s ever get "$30 insulin" affordable & accessible, being skinny will suddenly go out of style
and everyone will act surprised. like we never could have seen that coming lmao
and everyone will act surprised. like we never could have seen that coming lmao
How to tell the time on your farm in the south:
5-9am: birds! nature! so nice!
9-11am: listen if it were perfect all the time, it wouldn't be a job
11am-2pm: ok yep it's sweaty out here
2-4pm: T H E T I M E D I L A T I O N N E X U S
4-8pm: birds! nature! so nice!
5-9am: birds! nature! so nice!
9-11am: listen if it were perfect all the time, it wouldn't be a job
11am-2pm: ok yep it's sweaty out here
2-4pm: T H E T I M E D I L A T I O N N E X U S
4-8pm: birds! nature! so nice!
here it is. my greatest work of Art to date
Every so often the head of a do-gooder nonprofit or journalist reaches out, wanting to hear my thoughts on [farm topic]
And they're always floored & taken aback that I say "mean" things about farmers. Like "They're adults. They chose this. And they should live with the consequences of their actions."
And they're always floored & taken aback that I say "mean" things about farmers. Like "They're adults. They chose this. And they should live with the consequences of their actions."
extremely serious take (this is a shitpost): how much of the vibecession comes from legalizing weed
-People buy from dispensaries (mostly owned by People Who Can Afford Lawyers) instead of the local ...
-private prisons hemorrhage $$$ bc they can't just lock people up for weed anymore -> throw all their spare cash into a hard-right political takeover bc they need SOMEONE to jail multiple cities' of people for SOMETHING 💀💀💀
extremely serious take (this is a shitpost): how much of the vibecession comes from legalizing weed
-People buy from dispensaries (mostly owned by People Who Can Afford Lawyers) instead of the local guy -> fewer opportunities for local guys
-No more awkward hanging out with the weed guy -> male loneliness epidemic
-People buy from dispensaries (mostly owned by People Who Can Afford Lawyers) instead of the local guy -> fewer opportunities for local guys
-No more awkward hanging out with the weed guy -> male loneliness epidemic
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"Botanical sexism is the Long Island Iced Tea of bullshit. It's got a little bit of everything, & it's a great way to ignore what's actually going on around you."
BOTANICAL SEXISM explainer & debunk video goes up tomorrow 9am Eastern time!
https://youtu.be/TLp9NX-fLmw
BOTANICAL SEXISM explainer & debunk video goes up tomorrow 9am Eastern time!
https://youtu.be/TLp9NX-fLmw
Fancy word of the day: pollenkitt
An oily, waxy, sticky goo that plants that are pollinated by insects, bats, & birds put on top of their pollen
so that it
-sticks to pollinators
-doesn't blow away in the wind (hypoallergenic!!)
-has extra tasty calories for the pollinators maybe
An oily, waxy, sticky goo that plants that are pollinated by insects, bats, & birds put on top of their pollen
so that it
-sticks to pollinators
-doesn't blow away in the wind (hypoallergenic!!)
-has extra tasty calories for the pollinators maybe
US media outlets are FINALLY having the "Do we actually need to do farm subsidies?" talk and I am extremely here for it.
(yep it's clickbait thumbnail for the YT crowd, but dw it's a very nerd-centric video)
https://youtu.be/-YJ-ZhDG7Jo
(yep it's clickbait thumbnail for the YT crowd, but dw it's a very nerd-centric video)
https://youtu.be/-YJ-ZhDG7Jo
Raspberry time: I wanted to plant some more, so I looked up recommended varieties for North Carolina
only to find the official recommendation for raspberries in this part of the South is "DO NOT ATTEMPT."
Turns out I've been growing raspberries in defiance of natural law this whole time 🤷♀️
only to find the official recommendation for raspberries in this part of the South is "DO NOT ATTEMPT."
Turns out I've been growing raspberries in defiance of natural law this whole time 🤷♀️
It is a good day to farm
Ballerina Farm's back in the news, for raw milk problems this time.
The reporting has been a little sparse on details with exactly what happened. So since I have some professional food safety experie...
This video also gets into a wild habit I see people do:
When billionaires & their nepo babies wreck the laws, space, cars, social media, etc, we know how to get mad about it.
But when they mess up at raising food... people make excuses for them? "Oh farming is so hard, they couldn't have known."
...why are we doing this.
When billionaires & their nepo babies wreck the laws, space, cars, social media, etc, we know how to get mad about it.
But when they mess up at raising food... people make excuses for them? "Oh farming is so hard, they couldn't have known."
...why are we doing this.