Today NOSI has migrated from the Manila blogging platform which it has used over the last 9 years, to the more popular WordPress blogging platform.

The entire site was migrated over in an automated fashion. If you see any bugs or broken links in this new site, please take a moment to let me know.

The feature set of WordPress is quite different from Manila, and it will take me some time to find my way around this new tool. At a minimum, the appearance of each post will change a bit, and I expect more will change over time. Thank you in advance for your patience…

New York Times Magazine – Farmer in Chief

A fascinating article by Michael Pollan that makes a point I had never previously considered:

“The health of a nation’s food system is a critical issue of national security…For nations that lose the ability to substantially feed themselves will find themselves as gravely compromised in their international dealings as nations that depend on foreign sources of oil presently do. But while there are alternatives to oil, there are no alternatives to food.”