Monthly Archive: April 2019

An Impressive Smattering of Shit

Sunday I stared into the center of the vortex; perplexed and transfixed by the impressive choreography of fluid in motion, searching for the answer to a question yet unformulated. Lingering there for a moment...

Place Based Healing

I had a pal in highschool who referred to the gently rolling hills of east Portage County as “God’s Country”. My dad often reminds me that all the water running West of Custer Hill...

Birth

(Disclaimer: This post is very long, quite personal, and not directly related to the operations of Rising Sand Organics) I woke very early Tuesday morning to the sound of my very pregnant wife, Fanni,...

Liberation

On Saturday, my friend Jimi C and I held a listening party for the release of our first rap record, entitled That Thirst. Hometown and college friends trickled in through all hours of the afternoon, and...

Weekly Plan 4-20-19

Saturday, April 20th high of 63, low of 42 with sunny skies.The group will go to the greenhouse to plant hemp and transplant tomatoes. One person will make a soil run. After planting, we...

Weekly Plan 4-13-19

Saturday, April 13th high of 36 low of 22 with cloudy skies. Daily Coordinator: Logan.On Saturday, the group will meet at the IDEA center for our weekly member meeting. Logan, Fanni, and Monica will...

The Value of a Blessing

The early morning greenhouse is a sacred place. If alone and still in the first rays of reaching sun, surrounded by tiny green beacons of new life, the subtle sanctity is impossible to ignore....

The Order of Things

I woke up Sunday morning with a plethora of energy at my disposal; ready to jump to action. Yep, I thought as I stretched my weary morning muscles, I could imagine myself getting a lot of work...

RSO Occasionally Vol. 1.1

A publication from Rising Sand Organics Cooperative Farm**occurring, at minimum, occasionally Volume 1, Issue 1: April 2019 RSO: pronunciation: ˈraɪzoʊNoun: spoken short-hand for Rising Sand Organics; like the first syllable and a half of...