
How Corporate Greed Controls Our Food
Helen Freeman joins Talking Dirt to break down corporate control of the food system—the math on UK potato chips, lobbying, and the subsidies big ag doesn't need.
Self-reliance as resistance, not as aesthetic. Practical skills and honest dispatches from a working farm in western Maine.
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Helen Freeman joins Talking Dirt to break down corporate control of the food system—the math on UK potato chips, lobbying, and the subsidies big ag doesn't need.

Real Zone 4 sow-by dates for what's still worth planting—some for winter eating, some for an early spring harvest.

A truckload of manure, three empty plots, and the real math behind why I can't afford to stop farming right now.

I financed this farm with a mailing list and the truth. David McIlroy and I talk storytelling as a real income tool for farmers. 🎙️

A quarter-acre garden, an antique tractor, a peeling sign—the real cost of every time I set my own knowledge aside to keep the peace.

You don't need a farm to build wildlife sanctuary—Robin Motzer on where to start with a quarter acre and no training.
Bread in the kitchen, a barn ramp my neighbor saved me from, and a new collaboration taking shape with Somerset Woods Trustees. Paid subscribers only.

The farms that survive are the ones where families communicate and learn to adapt. Real strategies for farm succession.

The season's only half over and it's already been a lot. Here's what's happening at Runamuk this week.

A garden at golden hour, a season half over, and everything that's happened since my last update—divorce, bread, and a free fridge included.

Five days, five methods, zero canning pots. The Anti-Canning Preservation Sprint is live now—$25, straight to your inbox.