M&R Log 2022
This year finally saw the end of major repairs and improvements to Grace. Mostly, I kept up with annual maintenance, such as servicing the outboard,
This year finally saw the end of major repairs and improvements to Grace. Mostly, I kept up with annual maintenance, such as servicing the outboard,
September 28 2022 Started: Sep 28, 2022 1:29 PM PDT Trip Time: 7:12:15 Dist. Traveled: 30.99 nm Average Speed: 4.30 kts Max. Speed: 7.70 kts
Single handed sailing from Santa Cruz to the San Fransisco Bay and back on “Grace,” a 1980 Artekno H-Boat in June 2022 …
Single handed sailing from Santa Cruz to Año Nuevo and back on “Grace,” a 1980 Artekno H-Boat, in March 2022. …
Single handed sailing from Santa Cruz to Monterey and back on “Grace,” a 1980 Artekno H-Boat in March 2022. …
The year 2021 marked the end of extensive repair projects that had started in 2020. …
Local seed systems remain the fundamental source of seeds for many crops in developing countries. This article analyzes the dynamics of maize diversity over 3 years in a farming community of Yucatán state, Mexico, where elevated levels of precipitation forced farmers in 2012 to reduce maize diversity in their plots. We found that, under these challenging circumstances, farmers focused their efforts on their most reliable landraces, disregarding hybrids. …
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and work transitions, I spent most of 2020 camping out on my sailboat and outside my family home. …
The Bay Area Farmer Training (BAFT) trained aspiring urban farming practitioners in agroecology, using a pedagogy rooted in humanistic values, social justice, popular education, liberatory experiences, and decolonial and feminist frameworks. This chapter outlines the contra-hegemonic and participatory pedagogical philosophies and practices implemented within the program while providing examples of how the curriculum manifested in praxis. …
In October 2019, I broke my arm playing a late night game of roller hockey. My inability to do much physical activity for a month got me thinking. …