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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 eyes of food
I grew up knowing that November meant there would be a deer hanging somewhere in the front yard, probably by the antlers or the neck and probably from the branch of a tree. Or maybe hanging out of the bed … Continue reading
Posted in animalia, biographical, food sources
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It takes a village – part one
Last week I traveled to Tivoli, New York to photograph and participate in a hog butchering workshop presented by The Greenhorns. The workshop was presided over by Bryan Mayer, a butcher with The Greene Grape in Brooklyn New York. Day … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, photo essays, workshops, young farmers
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This is the point, this is the manifest
Hardly recognize simple things anymore I don’t want to be defeated What else is there to do But go outside and look around* *Lyrics taken from Bed for the Scraping – Fugazi
Posted in biographical, work
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Standing in the shadows of heroes
One of the great things about the crop mob is the ability to go and do a few hours of work on an experienced farm. It doesn’t happen all the time, and it isn’t something that is in the whole … Continue reading
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Rolling away from the tree
I fell close to the tree, a chip off the old granite pile. I fell close to the tree, but everything I want is downhill from it. I’m not a fan of the metaphorical old orchard. I have been rolling … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, crop mobs
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It is the in between
I spend some days alone at our place, twelve acres of heat and humidity and chiggers and ticks and a rooster that won’t shut up. The animals don’t talk so much as scream at a person – feed me, get … Continue reading
Posted in animalia, biographical
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What happens when your friends become your food
I spend quite a bit of time with our pigs. Although they are doing work for circleAcres, they could be considered my project. I move their fence and dumpster their food and make sure their house is in order. This … Continue reading
Posted in activism, biographical, circle acres, food sources
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Down in Denver
Kristin and I recently returned from a trip to Denver. I had never been there, so I wasn’t sure what I was looking for in the actual existence of Denver. I was somewhat disoriented by the city itself; I couldn’t … Continue reading
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And the rocks and weeds eat each other
I picked rocks from a bunch of Western New York fields when I was a kid. My step-father would drop me and my brother off at some hedgerow and tell us to walk the perimeter of the field and pick … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, crop mobs, photo essays
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“A New Generation of Farmers Emerges” – Circle Acres primer
From USA Today (July 14th edition): It’s like being ‘a ninja’ The farmers often live very frugally, Philpott says. “You typically produce lots of food, and that cuts down on your food costs.” Jennifer Belknap, 36, and her husband, Jim … Continue reading
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