When It’s Time to Hand the Farm to the Next Generation, the Simple Life Is Anything But
By Shannon Hayes, YES! magazine
Mud season is as important as summer growth. It is the chance to rebuild, redesign, and repair.
The Radical Homemaker on the First Step to Becoming a Farmer
By Shannon Hayes, YES! magazine
How do you take the first step to become a farmer? You act out of love.
Wild Eats, Resilient Farms, and Freedom From Money: 3 Holiday Reads for the Radical Homemaker
By Shannon Hayes, YES! magazine
Every year, my favorite gift to give (and to get) is a good book.
The Farm Bill’s “Government Handouts”: Who Really Benefits?
By Shannon Hayes, YES! magazine
If we are going to be truly resilient, then we must be compassionate about the suffering of those around us, and we must seek ways, both through policy and through our daily individual actions, that will help to rectify this suffering.
Instead of trying to feed the world, let’s help it feed itself
By Shannon Hayes, YES! magazine
“But can we feed the world this way?” As we try to move humanity away from dominant power regimes and thoughtless extraction of the earth’s resources, toward a way of life that honors the earth and all of her creatures, I think this is the most maddening question we can be asking ourselves.
Food or ethanol? Why farmers shouldn’t give in to monocrops
By Shannon Hayes, YES! magazine
This past weekend I made a trek out to central Wisconsin to speak at the state’s annual grazing conference, which typically draws farmers from all over the Midwest. This was the second time I’d been invited to join these folks, and I remembered it fondly from back in 2009, when the conference center was packed, the trade show was hopping with farmers talking about livestock genetics, raw milk, grazing plans, and fencing systems, and the sessions were filled with optimistic faces, eager to bring sustainable changes to their land and good food to their communities.
The endangered repairman
By Shannon Hayes, YES! magazine
The polar bears are in danger because of the way we live, because of our abuses to the environment, because of our throwaway consumer culture. Josh and Mr. Kleinberger are unsung heroes in battling those exact problems. They are the lingering vestiges of our fix-it culture. And we need to bring people like that back into our communities.
The other side of gainful unemployment: the downsides of doing it all
By Shannon Hayes, YES! magazine
“Today, I will do one thing at a time.” These are the words I’ve been saying to myself each morning lately as I leap from my bed...