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Fixing our Agri-Food System With Systems Thinking

One of the easiest ways to work through a problem is to break it down into smaller pieces. If the individual pieces of the puzzle can be solved, then when put together, in theory, it should work. Yet, often, when we solve for those individual piece we lose critical information.

Agri-Food MusingsAlissa WelkerSeptember 26, 2020systems thinking, agriculture system, innovation, solutionsComment

The Mad Gardener: Order In The Disorder

Companion planting with multiple crops interplanted, organic matter on top of the soil, multiple compost beds, plants going to seed for seed saving, heritage varieties of tomatoes planted throughout the garden that are growing in every which way… the mad gardener’s garden.

Agri-Food MusingsAlissa WelkerMarch 21, 2020food system, systems thinking, gardeningComment