Monthly Archives: November 2011

FREE RANGE: FOOD, NATURE, PLACE, AND MORE

The meaning of meat

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Martin

“It is true, I came as near as is possible to come to being a hunter and miss it, myself….” (Henry David Thoreau) I spent last weekend in the company of six heavily armed women at Madroño Ranch. Don’t worry; … Continue reading →

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Field notes from inside my head: connecting art and commerce

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Heather

Point One: When we attended the Alliance for Artist Communities conference in Chicago several weeks ago, I found myself eagerly awaiting the start of a session entitled “Earned Revenue and Artist Residencies.” Point Two: The other day, as Martin and … Continue reading →

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Second City, second harvest: pork bellies and bison blood

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Martin

Sometimes this whole harebrained Madroño Ranch scheme of ours seems to manifest a distinctly split personality. Last week, for example, we experienced, vividly and in close conjunction, two contradictory extremes, one exhilarating, the other sobering. The resulting psychic whiplash has … Continue reading →

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