Science teacher

Wheat, despite what we believe, is made mostly of air, not earth, and will always be, no matter what we think. We can live out our lives ...

This one's from two Augusts ago. A The days fade quickly now--in three weeks we'll have an hour less sunlight gracing us than...

I stumbled upon an old blog of mine--forgot all about it. I like some of what I said then, so I am sharing it anew. On a good bread da...

“We need at least a 3 percent to 4 percent increase in total wheat production.” Abdolreza Abbassian,  Economist, UN Food and Agriculture O...

Wheat prices pushed past the $8/bushel barrier today, the same day my some of my students discovered wheat berries growing on their young wh...

Bloomfield, New Jersey, sits on the border of Newark, part of the urban fringe. No commercial farms exist here now, and if someone pursued ...

Ye Maids who toiled so faithfully at the Mill Now cease your work and from these toils be still; Sleep now till dawn, and let the birds with...

The clams are roosting now--yeast has my attention in mid-winter. Wheat futures are bouncing around $6 per bushel this week. Last February t...