My personal Substack
Retired, former director of Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Iowa farm boy who went to ISU, then U of Wisconsin to be a Soil Science professor. Retreated back to Wisconsin 5 years ago when the Iowa red tide became unbearable.
This newsletter will include observational humor, gratitude, small doses of advice, memories of heroic persons I knew up close, reminiscence about ordinary life back before Twitter and thoughts about American life and other pleasures.
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.
Writing about confluence of agriculture and environment from the heart of the big ag beast here in Iowa
Essays, criticism, and interviews on food, culture, and media sent out on Monday morning. Paid subscribers receive additional posts on Fridays and have access to commenting, the recipe archive, and more.