Meet the Students: James Bording

Last week 48 chicks were born in our living room! Our hatch rate is improving as we learn the nuances of our incubator.. up to 70% from 60% last year. They are such cute fuzzy little dinosaurs. Currently they are living behind our workshop in Ohio Brooder boxes. The Ohio Brooder was originally designed during WWII as…
The Thanksgiving Holiday has come in for a lot of criticism lately, some of it well-placed. But for all the truth in the complaint that is romanticizes relations between whites and Native Americans and obscures the terrible history of colonialism, that point itself obscures the profound message at the hear of the holiday — namely,…
Like most small organizations and nearly all households around the country and the world, the School of Adaptive Agriculture is waiting out the storm. Two weeks ago we agreed to postpone indefinitely our Practicum Program, scheduled to start April 20th. We had admitted six wonderful students, offered generous scholarships and were looking forward to a…
Tuesday March 8, 2016 My soil test is in the mail but I’ve already spent time with the clay loam, by hand and satellite imaging. There is a rocky swirl across the field in the likeness of a yang or a ying. I took two tests, one from the wide, circular part of the…
Over the next 20 years, an estimated 400 million acres of farmland in the US will be up for sale by owners age 65 and older. -The Greenhorns Land is becoming available for the next generation of farmers but with farm equipment, land, and education costs so high, farming is an incredibly daunting field for young…
Summer term was winding down. With under a month to go, students were finding their stride, choosing their areas of focus, taking on responsibility at the farm, and reaching out to potential employers. The weekend was coming to an end, and students who had gone away for the weekend were filtering back in Sunday night,…