Joe Stroman

Stop leaving your farms to your kids. Leave it to the kid who cares about it. If none of them do leave it to someone who does. This is one of the roots causes farm land being lost. We are losing this fight.

I said this to a coop ceo of a bazillion locations. The downside of the single location co-op, it doesn’t scale. The upside of the single location co-op, it doesn’t scale. Will not explain.

If I said winter annuals such as henbit and pepperweed take of 10 bushels, could one argue to the contrary?

Kevin O'Leary's massive data center was approved by a county commission in Utah last night. At 40,000 acres, it would be 2.5x the size of Manhattan. The commission approved the proposal despite opposition from hundreds of locals.

My career goal is to make enough money that I can afford to lose several thousand dollars a year farming in retirement.

I genuinely feel bad for people in their 20s right now. They missed the era of: $600 rent. $2 tacos and cheap drinks. Walking out of interviews with job offers. Groceries that didn’t require a payment plan. Going out all night without everyone filming everything for social media. Life wasn’t perfect, but it felt lighter. More affordable. More spontaneous. You could actually breathe a little.

One can of soda = 12 minutes of lost life expectancy. A research using the Health Nutritional Index has revealed a sobering link between sugary drinks and lifespan. According to the findings, drinking just one can of cola is associated with a 12-minute reduction in life expectancy. Backed by data from the University of Leicester, this figure represents the cumulative metabolic damage caused by high sugar intake — including increased risks of insulin resistance, obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. It’s not an immediate effect, but rather a reflection of how regular consumption slowly chips away at long-term health. While the “12 minutes per can” headline is designed to grab attention, experts stress that the real danger lies in daily habits. By converting abstract health risks into a concrete measure of lost time, researchers hope to make the long-term consequences of sugary beverages feel more real and urgent. [Stylianou, K. S., Fulgoni, V. L., & Jolliet, O. (2021). Small targeted dietary changes can yield substantial gains for human health and the environment. Nature Food, 2(8), 616–627. DOI: 10.1038/s43016-021-00343-4]