Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Como Orchards 2044 is an imagined future for a real ranch in Montana where Frank Lloyd Wright designed a community back in 1908. This “newsletter” from the year 2044 is a dream of what could unfold over the next twenty years if we choose a more regenerative way of being on this planet based on many people’s real and imagined ideas.
Bristol Baughan • Como Orchards 2044
We’re analyzing recordings from wilderness areas to identify Earth’s quietest places (those with no more than one human-source sound every 15 minutes).
Old Farmer's Almanac • The 2023 Old Farmer's Almanac
Native farming methods were not “primitive.” Farmers in some tribes drew two or three times as much nourishment from the soil as we do.
James W. Loewen • Lies My Teacher Told Me
“The best fertilizer is the footsteps of the farmer.”
David Ehrlichman • Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change
all the agricultural land in the United States was farmed organically
Pamela C. Ronald • Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
Add in the reduced spraying that could come from developing virus- and fungus-resistant crops—predicted to be about 91 million pounds—and
James E. McWilliams • Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly
from Garden Maker by Christie Purifoy
Tracy Higley • Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time
first published 1872) and Camille