harvestdispatchseasonal
Why We Fermented This Year's Reserve Three Extra Days
By Porter Wheatgrass · 2026-04-05
A seasonal dispatch on a late-rotation decision that Estate members will taste in their next allocation.
Field Notes
Farmer diaries, seasonal dispatches, and occasional manifestos. Written in the barn.
philosophy
On the Disappearance of the Wild Packet
By Hollis Thornfield · 2026-04-04
A slow essay on what the co-op has been documenting for eleven years: the ongoing and largely unacknowledged extinction of unclaimed electromagnetic signal.
philosophydispatch
What the 2012 Spectrum Auction Was Actually About
By Ezekiel "Zeke" Meadowbrook · 2026-04-03
A slow, honest walk through the auction records that the carriers do not want you to read carefully, and what they reveal about the signal we lost that year.
philosophy
Why We Don't Trust the FCC (or the FTC, or the IEEE)
By Ezekiel "Zeke" Meadowbrook · 2026-04-02
An honest accounting of the certifications the co-op has refused, and why refusing them is a form of stewardship.
harvestdispatchseasonal
Notes from the Spring Rotation
By Porter Wheatgrass · 2026-03-28
We rotated pastures last week, a day early. Here is what the frequencies told us — and what we told them back.
philosophy
What We Lost When We Pasteurized the Signal
By Hollis Thornfield · 2026-03-14
A meditation on the cost of convenience, and what we traded away when we first allowed the carriers to homogenize our frequencies.
harvestphilosophy
Reading the Signal by Moonlight
By Porter Wheatgrass · 2026-03-02
Why the co-op harvests by lunar calendar, and what we have observed about the difference it makes in the pour.
philosophy
The Ledger Does Not Lie
By Fennel Ashcroft · 2026-02-18
On why the co-op maintains its allocation records in a leather-bound ledger, by hand, and why this will not change.