Once upon a time I was struggling & Uncle Wendell, with a firm grip on my shoulder said, “Times are too dire to be anything but hopeful.” Unforgettable, especially that evening at Tanya Berry’s table red-cheeked and laughing, having imbibed just the right amount of bourbon 🕊️

12 years into launching acceleratingappalachia.org/b… the A TEAM emerges! Brilliant, collaborative, organized, proactive and..FUN! Ok, so our recent $20M award to fund farmers to adopt regenerative ag likely helped 😅 Farmer applications open #persist #regenerativeag

Im also on Bluesky 🦋 at esaraday! Truly between two ferns lol. Let me know yours if you’re there. Cheers!

Porch sitting in Henry County - my son with his great uncle, WB my beloved mom and Tanya B ♥️

The outlaw uncle hit 90 glorious years today. Love you Wendell 🌞

A gift from my gifted daughter! 💚 Her process is experimental, using a compression process forming the porcelain clay designs (not painted) #ameliaruthbaxter

Goodbye beloved Uncle Hugh - you were a peace warrior for the ages. Quit the ministry to walk a truly brave path in war-torn countries rebuilding what our country destroyed. A true servant of the people, a true Quaker. Grieving your exit my dear one & only uncle, I 🤍 you 🕊️💔☮️

The two friends that inspire my work, Building Soil, Building Soul at Accelerating Appalachia 🤎♥️ #restinpowerbellhooks #kentuckians

Qualifying commodities and our beefy incentives for farmers in KY, NC, TN, W Va, VA, SC, Southern OH, Northern GA @DoomerOptimism @RizomaSchool most of your followers are homesteaders but perhaps some are production?

I follow this topic, and small farms do feed the world. weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/f…

Calling this Rhizome Cake, it’s sweet, not savory. A Japanese fluffy cake, made with my own cultured vanilla yogurt instead of cream cheese. Like a firm custard cake. The mushrooms are an accident of my meringue that didn’t work out. But they did. Pleased with it 🍄