Tag Archives: Small Farm Future

Old time farming, the future of farming, science as political ping pong ball… or Dear Jeff??

January 31, 2018 · by · in Plant breeding, Research, Science · 7 Comments

Decisions, decisions. What should these stubby fingers be typing about this evening?? Our blogging buddy at The South Roane Agrarian has dropped a gauntlet in the form of a new header photo and a weekend reading list from a rather robust agrarian library. Facing off against such a collection will require significant grit. I may […]

Linus and Lucy?

May 29, 2017 · by · in agricultural science, Commodities, Fathers, Genetics, Mothers, Nature, Plant breeding · 1 Comment

George and Martha? Bill and Hillary? Mark Antony and Cleopatra? Well, none really. But if you had to pick one of these couples, A, B, C, or D – which makes the most sense? A – Linus and Lucy; brother and sister and supposedly full sibs. The seedlings shown here are hybrid corn seedlings. Single […]

This and That…

July 31, 2016 · by · in agricultural science, Plant breeding, Soybean · 2 Comments

The summer grinds along, and a hot one at that. Soybean breeding in central Ohio moves with the season, and for now is keeping us quite busy.  No news of note on that front. Lemuel and I are hoping the news from England is not too dire. The Small Farm Future blog has gone missing […]

Globalizing home sweet home

December 29, 2015 · by · in Plant breeding, Science, Soybean · Leave a comment

Globalization. Heady stuff. Not for the faint of heart.  But there is much all around us to challenge the faint of heart.  So let’s not be too quickly put off by the challenges of globalization. Here’s a different aspect – is globalization just a spot on a continuum? First Homo sapiens settled parts of Africa.  […]

Farming in the U.S.

July 14, 2015 · by · in Happiness, Home, Nature, Soybean · 4 Comments

Hunting and gathering may have been de rigueur in the Ohio valley a thousand years ago, but over the last 500 years more deliberate attempts have been made to scratch a living from this particular piece of earth.  Caucasian settlement of the Ohio valley has a history of almost 250 years now, virtually all centered […]

Perennially using annuals

April 6, 2015 · by · in agricultural science, Plant breeding, Soybean · 4 Comments

If one takes a peak at the Blogroll here they find the very first blog mentioned belongs to Chris Smaje who writes Small Farm Future.  Chris is a recovering academic working a small farm in Somerset, UK with his family.  I think the world is a better place for what Chris and team have accomplished […]