"There generally isn’t a lot of widespread coverage of Black oyster economies and farmers.” That's why we had @iamtabari.bsky.social dig into the rich legacy of Black oystermen and women in the U.S., who helped build it into a multibillion-dollar industry today. ambrook.com/offrange/fis...

Wildfires are having increasing negative impacts on animals, landscapes, and humans — including farmers and ranchers and their livestock and properties. This week in Offrange, I investigate how prescribed burns can help, and how to protect yourself and your acreage. ambrook.com/offrange/liv...

Ranchers can often be resistant to doing their own prescribed burns — this article gives a bunch of great suggestions on how and why they should!

Inspired by Bigfoot hunters, wildlife official in Oregon have been using drones to scare wolves away from cattle. Human voices often yell through drone speakers. New from Rose Garrett: ambrook.com/offrange/liv...

Finger hovering over mouse, thoughts of Climate Week spinning in my brain

Feel like everyone is doing a good job of shaming AI out of the public square, and it's not even a coordinated movement

Feel like there's a word for this

Feel like there's a word for this

“To me, a lot of the country now is undergrazed, and that’s why our fire danger has skyrocketed around here.” There's a lot less cattle in Texas Hill Country than before. Experts say that's why wildfires have dramatically spiked. New from Serina DeSalvio: ambrook.com/offrange/env...

Screwworm found just 70 miles from US border, working north. Could be highly damaging to concentrated US cattle industry www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-...

I had some giggles reading this. I bought a deep freeze in February and am feeling some of this. I’m currently going through a “Omigod I have to live out of the freezer for a month” humility thing of reckoning with the humbling pile of odd bags jammed into it.

If you aren't aware I send out a sporadic free newsletter about surplus grocery shopping. Here's a good introduction: the-haul.ghost.io/shop-til-you... It's a light and fun distraction from THE HORRORS and I'm publishing a new issue today. Sign up! (Or don't, it's ok)

Morning boost!

The horrors,man. Just ceaseless

Just read these words: "Trump also criticized former President Joe Biden's recent metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis"

"Striking a balance between prescribed burning, grazing, and giving the land time to rest between management styles is what will likely move Texas ranching, conservation, and wildfire prevention forward more than any one of these alone."

“To me, a lot of the country now is undergrazed, and that’s why our fire danger has skyrocketed around here.” There's a lot less cattle in Texas Hill Country than before. Experts say that's why wildfires have dramatically spiked. New from Serina DeSalvio: ambrook.com/offrange/env...

Posted for no reason

There's a common thread running through new tech that gives early warning on crop disease - it involves listening directly to the plants. This includes a GM soy plant that glow when sick and a USB stick that reads spores to detect bad health. New from Russell Nichols: ambrook.com/offrange/tec...

There's a common thread running through new tech that gives early warning on crop disease - it involves listening directly to the plants. This includes a GM soy plant that glow when sick and a USB stick that reads spores to detect bad health. New from Russell Nichols: ambrook.com/offrange/tec...

Normal request on work Slack

Uber driver just asked permission to call his wife. Dear lord man, call your loved ones

In Washington state, an invasive crab is getting composted by a local Tribe, to create soil to grow food for the community. 1/

“I’m 54 and I have never seen it this bad. Would this put me out of business? No. Could we lose all our retirement? Yes.” Soybean farmers weigh in on the looming tariff crisis. From @lelanargi.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/sup...

“I’m 54 and I have never seen it this bad. Would this put me out of business? No. Could we lose all our retirement? Yes.” Soybean farmers weigh in on the looming tariff crisis. From @lelanargi.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/sup...

Just read through the Washington Post morning edition. Out of like 25 headlines only one is about 9/11, and it's a personal essay. Not a critique, just an observation!

In Washington state, an invasive crab is getting composted by a local Tribe, to create soil to grow food for the community. 1/

Fracking produces millions of gallons of wastewater every day. Should we use that toxic water to irrigate crops? Probably not! But that isn't stopping companies from trying. New from Claire Carlson: ambrook.com/offrange/env...

I love seeing behind the scenes on things like this

Colorado voted to reintroduce wolves into the wild in 2020. Since then, the wolves have killed numerous cattle and other livestock. Meet the range riders, a team of horse-riding watchmen doing their best to keep wolves at bay. From @kristenschmitt.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/liv...

Just visited NextDoor to stir up trouble. Usually I behave but today I chose violence

I tried honeyberry ice cream in central Maine recently and it was *delicious*:

Do you know the honeyberry? It's got a sweet-tart flavor, it's ideal for Midwestern soil, it's pretty, and people love it at farmer's markets. And yet, it's been a struggle to get it into the broader supply chain. @lelanargi.bsky.social looks into the elusive honeyberry: ambrook.com/offrange/cro...

There's a fly buzzing around my head during a group video meeting and I'm afraid I seem like the dirty kid in Peanuts

Do you know the honeyberry? It's got a sweet-tart flavor, it's ideal for Midwestern soil, it's pretty, and people love it at farmer's markets. And yet, it's been a struggle to get it into the broader supply chain. @lelanargi.bsky.social looks into the elusive honeyberry: ambrook.com/offrange/cro...

Feel like I'm losing it

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

I keep getting messages that are like "Jesse this is crazy wait until you hear about screwworm" but ah, respectfully, this has been on our radar for many months!

Colorado voted to reintroduce wolves into the wild in 2020. Since then, the wolves have killed numerous cattle and other livestock. Meet the range riders, a team of horse-riding watchmen doing their best to keep wolves at bay. From @kristenschmitt.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/liv...

@evaholland.bsky.social excellent new HCN piece!

I do not love the inconsistency of internet during train travel!

I failed to impress my husband with this headline for a @jedportman.bsky.social pawpaw soda chat, but hoping it's a hit with the masses (or at least @jessehirsch.bsky.social) thefoodsection.com/pawpaws-for-...

My most coveted screenshot is an old instagram story from one of my yoga teachers, advertising a charity class with all proceeds going to the IDF

My mom just said "How weird, that Trump's not dead"

The Dust Bowl transformed conservation practices in the US. All of those highly successful—from an environment and business perspective—initiatives are being rolled back now.

In the wake of the last decade's devastating wildfires, there's an urgent effort underway to grow our forests back. The problem? We don't have nearly enough tree seedlings. @moiradonovan.bsky.social looks into what's being done: ambrook.com/offrange/env...

@hannaraskin.bsky.social WATERMELON BUSSSSSS

Editing a story about a little-known berry that's struggling to get recognition with U.S. consumers. It has absolutely nothing dire or upsetting and now this is the only kind of thing I want to read or edit.

Ever since leafy greens started leading to food poisoning outbreaks, produce buyers have been skittish about any wildlife near California's farms. New research shows that wild birds in particular are being unfairly blamed. New from Jordan Charbonneau: ambrook.com/offrange/cro...

Sometimes I find out about mass layoffs because the Offrange newsletter gets a bunch of "Person X is no longer employed here" auto-responses. Today I learned that Rabobank and Oklahoma State University apparently laid a bunch of people off. (Have gotten federal agency layoff emails for months)