Posts by The Other Side of the Soil

Fold the Map, Mend the Gap

Fold the Map, Mend the Gap

As I jump around Spotify trying to find new music for the Summer, I keep finding myself going back to the most recent Bon Iver album, “22, A Million”. When I first listened to it last September, I really didn’t like it. Justin Vernon’s beautiful vocals were […]

Adding to my Plate

Adding to my Plate

  We have only met in a classroom once this Summer, but six trips to various farms and centers in Vermont has launched me into the local food system faster than any reading could. I have begun to see patterns, make connections, and think about […]

Producing without the Pressure of Production

Producing without the Pressure of Production

Out on the knoll where the Middlebury College organic farm sits, I have began to make a second home for myself among the comfort of the patchwork of loamy beds, the neatly tidied shed, and breezy out door classroom. I work amongst a cast of […]

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