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Cricket Bread – Trace Ramsey
What is Cricket Bread?
Bread made from crickets is a survival food in many places, a staple in others and a disgusting concoction in the "civilized" world. The discussion presented here details how I jump in between each of those cultures, destroying certain pieces as needed.
This is also a discussion about starting a farm, the do-it-yourself lifestyle, being an anarchist and how the interactions I engage in promote community, friendship and mutual aid.
I am a small drip of New Blood in the Old Body...
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Category Archives: biographical
The Edge of an Era
I am lucky in that I have had the opportunity to know what it means to work hard for something and get it. Appreciating that “something” every day is another matter entirely. I am not sure I understand how to … Continue reading
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46 hours
Less than two days to go before my Kickstarter project comes to an end. The prints are ordered and ready for pickup this Friday. Tonight I start on the program… Goals were set, reached, reset and reached again. The whole … Continue reading
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Counting down
I am still moving through photographs for the show, trying to figure out sizing. It looks like there will be six at 24×30. I thought it might be eight, but finding two more has been a challenge. In the 16×24 … Continue reading
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Kickstarter update
The New Blood for the Old Body Kickstarter campaign is amazingly successful, so much so that there is now a second goal. I posted the following updates on the the Kickstarter page – Update #1 – Response to this project … Continue reading
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Kickstarter – New Blood for the Old Body art show
I have the opportunity to do a solo art show at the Hotel Hadley in Siler City, NC. I will use many photographs that you have seen here on Cricket Bread. In order to pull off this show, I do … Continue reading
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What seed, what root
It is busy here. Transplanting is brisk; up-potting is tight. The turkey poults arrived in the mail yesterday and are chirping under the red light of the cardboard box brooder. Radishes are ready for market as are transplants and eggs. … Continue reading
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Crop Mob: What happens when you get what you work for
I got lucky. Two Octobers ago I sat at my desk at ECO, barely one month into the new job, still adjusting to a living situation that had me alone most of the time. One of the Piedmont Biofarm folks … Continue reading
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Random Signs of Life: 2009 in Photographs, Part Three
The “hands” edition…
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Random Signs of Life: 2009 in Photographs, Part Two
I applied for a photography fellowship over the Summer. I don’t know what to expect from it; it was a big deal at the time, but it takes forever to hear anything back. Basically, my excitement has died down. I … Continue reading
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Random Signs of Life: 2009 in Photographs, Part One
Many of my photographs go into a folder called “Random Signs of Life”. Sometimes there isn’t any actual life within the frame, but there is life in the in between. As I have progressed in my photography, I have tried … Continue reading
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