AgriCulture: A Watched Pot Never Boils

Dec 12 2024 | 00:07:13

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TURKANA FARMS, LLC Green E-Market Bulletin December 12, 2024 Frozen in anticipation — photo by Mark Scherzer A Watched Pot Never BoilsHi all, Mark here.”Patience is a virtue.” I don’t know if that’s a view unique to the societies of western Europe, whose values so deeply permeate our own settler-colonial American culture, or if it’s a more universally accepted truth. But there are a million ways we can be reminded that being impatient is childish, and that expressing impatience is impolite, unwise, or even risky.Think about it. There is broad consensus that the most annoying question a kid can... Read More ›

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