Air's Wild Acres
Small goats and small batch cheesemaking on a small farm, all with big laughs.
Category: Rural Life
Latest posts
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A Vote for Agriculture is a Vote for All of US
Current Mood, October 2, 2024: After receiving an email about the onsite certification I have to go through to ensure my egg laying animals are living in a context that provides them “adequate space,” I’m… Read more
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Adapting to Changes in Farm Plans
What happens when plans need to change? You just keep going. During June, I started a series of instagram posts to celebrate #nationaldairymonth, with an ambitious goal of posting once a day. After coming up… Read more
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Taking a Step Back and Making Space for New Voices at the Table
Of my many faults as a human, my tendency towards nostalgia is probably one of my traits that annoys me the most. I am so easily sucked into a photo album or an old blog,… Read more
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Acknowledging the Privilege of a Rural Life
It’s been over a year since I have posted anything on my blog. A long, weird, emotional, crazy, rewarding year, which included the following: Leaving Arizona, where I had purchased a house only 11 months… Read more
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“Farting around” while embracing joy
The first time I came to central Mexico, I was here for 6 months to complete a portion of my dissertation research at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). As often happens in… Read more
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Soil, water, and ranch life: new job for the new year (2019)
The first time I ever presented in front of a group of strangers to advocate for agriculture, I was 10. The Alameda County Fair Board of Directors proposed an elimination of the Junior Livestock program… Read more
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Money isn’t everything when it comes to conservation
Lately, there has been a great deal of coverage on pollinator health in the media, and the need for conservation of bees in particular. Obviously, as a conservationist and an interdisciplinary agricultural professional, I am… Read more
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#NerdHigh: Another year, another AIARD!
Every year, the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) holds an annual meeting in Washington, D.C. around this time of year. As a professional society, made up of individuals from all aspects of… Read more
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Patterns and pastures.
In the recent weeks, I passed my comprehensive exam, visited with a fantastic Carabidae specialist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (another #loveyourtaxonomist post is likely to follow about this trip), and camped at one… Read more
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I really don’t like milk, but I love my job…
I really hate milk. I hate it. So much. As is the case with some young parents, mine weren’t particularly versed in childhood nutrition. But, somewhere along the line, my mother decided that my sister and… Read more
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