Topsoil
Ariel PattonFrameworks to help you make sense of agriculture, at just the right depth
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From “Feeding 9 billion” to “Overproducing”
In 2009, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations made a dire prediction: by 2050, there would be over 9 billion people on earth and farmers across the globe would need to grow 70% more food to support the growing populat...
A quick visit to my kitchen
This month, I’m serving up a little lighter fare, an appetizer of sorts before next month when I’ll be back with more classic Topsoil frameworks for agriculture, at just the right depth. To those celebrating – Happy Thanksgiving! I continue...
Untangling the Farm Safety Net
There’s a feeling I get when I sit down to play a new board game. I nod my head as a more experienced player explains the rules and how all the pieces work. Yeah, yeah, roll the dice, draw the cards, got it. But when the game begins and it’...
The everyday magic of soil
You have been incredibly gracious. Here I am, writing a newsletter called “Topsoil,” and after nearly three years, I have yet to be called out for not covering the newsletter’s namesake: soil.
Today we are changing that.
I had an opportun...
Greater than the sum of its parts
Farms in production agriculture are often described as, “a factory with no roof.”
A better metaphor is, “a mine that harnesses millions of workhorses called ‘plants.’”
Crops like corn and soybeans produce raw materials that are manufactur...
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