Full Life Farm Ethnographic Diary Week 12 Ending 4 April 2014 6 April 2014 The week began on Sunday with a few friends visiting for a short tour of Full Life farm. I continue to invite everyone that I encounter, especially close friends who are obviously interested in food sustainability. If you live close, I will be honored if you are able to come. The warmer weather will offer… Read More
Full Life Farm Ethnographic Diary Week 11 Ending 28 March 2014 29 March 2014 On Sunday, I baked the bread ground from the wheat berries from the previous week, described in the last post. While I am a perfectionist (regarding taste and aesthetic and artistic appearance) with my bread experiments, everyone is always pleased with the results. The recipe is basic and a modification of a standard Southern Italian… Read More
Full Life Farm Ethnographic Diary Week Ending 21 March 2014 23 March 2014 While the rest of the University of West Georgia is on a Spring Break, I am boarding on a farm, and work continues as well as the learning and teaching. House building was to have begun this week, but the weather was ether too wet or too overcast to dry out to begin. I have… Read More
Full Life Farm Ethnographic Diary Week 10 Ending 14 March 2014 16 March 2014 This week was filled of what I am primarily interested in from many levels: seeds, planting, and composting. My interest is, of course, sans animal wastes, but for now, this is the process I am learning and there are applications for every element of knowledge. I have found an Intentional Community (http://www.ic.org) that is entirely… Read More
Full Life Farm Ethnographic Diary Week 9 Ending 7 March 2014 8 March 2014 Given my openly admission to a vegan lifestyle and my tempered discussion of it under the circumstances, everyone that I have encountered at Full Life has been remarkably understanding towards my position. This doesn’t change my attitude of animals being raised, suffering needlessly just to be killed later. All of this seems extremely Dadaist and… Read More
Full Life Farm Ethnographic Diary Week 8 Ending 28 February 2014 1 March 2014 To catch you up, I want to clarify certain terms that I have been using terms in previous weeks and will continue to use in my writing but with short definitions on the side. Most are obviously not familiar with these terms so I will include links here and short definitions in later posts. All… Read More
Full Life Farm Ethnographic Diary Week 7 Ending 21 February 2014 22 February 2014 Monday began with another raccoon caught overnight in the Haven’s trap near the chicken coop. At the time, I considered how this may be part of a raccoon family doing what raccoons do to survive. At the same time, there are the lives of the chickens to be considered as well as the consideration of… Read More
Full Life Farm Ethnographic Diary Week 6 Ending 14 February 2014 15 February 2014 This was a challenging week on the farm, given the extreme cold and especially my views on animals, animal rights, and my vegan diet. Monday arrived and Paul, one of the farm’s owners, knowing my vegan lifestyle (I obviously had to make him aware of this before I signed on to the internship that we… Read More
Full Life Farm Ethnographic Diary Week 5 Ending 7 February 2014 7 February 2014 This week at Full Life Farm began with cut logs already mounted to the concrete floor posts. The work continues before and after I arrive. It’s a working farm. While there are not enough hours in the day, and I would like to be present more often, I realize that life happens, and I have… Read More