Why The World Still Needs Superman, The Farmer
There may not be a more iconic fictional character than Superman. Created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in Action Comics #1, Superman eventually came to embody truth,…
Tag: optimism
Why Does it Feel Like We’re Living in a Crisis? Part 2
When Howe and Strauss released The Fourth Turning book in 1997, they didn’t know when the Crisis would return. They only knew that it would, inevitably, like the rising of…
For the Love of Farming
In farming, you never know what might come about tomorrow. It’s different, every day. Today, I could be a trucker, tomorrow I can be a CFO, and the next a mechanic.
We Have Never Lived Longer, Healthier, Happier Lives
Everywhere you look, it just seems like things are getting worse. A pandemic, war, the potential for famine on a colossal scale. Rampant inflation, expensive energy, a climate emergency, a…
Climate Change is Not the Apocalypse
Climate change, along with our other environmental issues, is a solvable problem. Not a crisis. It’s not even our biggest problem.
The Only Way Out Is Through
One of the hardest things about life is trying to accept all the things you can’t control. As a farmer, that makes up a lot of stuff. In any given…
Is a Record Crop a Bad Thing?
In Western Canada, 2013 will be a year long remembered – but maybe not for the reason we expected. This was a crop larger than any in history for the…
Seeding is Coming
Well, things have changed greatly since my last blog post. Things looked rather dire then, as a fresh layer of snow had just covered the ground, and seeding looked as…