The Wild

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  • Food for Thought

    Seeding the Future I have been fascinated with controlled environment growing for several years. My interest began with the hype around microgreens, and the associated ideas on how food might be produced in cities. The concept of farm cities – where underused buildings are converted into vertical farms was very appealing to the science fiction Read more

  • Pie in the Sky?

    Pie in the Sky?

    I began to wonder if it could be possible to kill a bunch of birds with one stone. What would it look like if you could take the excess waste heat from one industry, and utilize it in another. Could a greenhouse and data center be designed and built as one symbiotic entity? Read more

  • To Hunt?

    History Where I grew up hunting was a part of life for many people. My parents generation was the first for whom it was optional, and prior to that hunting and trapping was a necessary part of survival on the harsh Canadian prairies. As a boy I was given my first pellet gun at the Read more

  • Insane in the Membrane?

    It is not a pleasant thing to be called crazy. It is worse when several people band together in an attempt to convince you of this. Under such circumstances even a perfectly sane person may find themselves tottering on the edge of reason. There is a long standing debate about creativity and insanity. I am Read more

  • My Ideal Day

    Begins with a excellent sleep. I would wake up feeling relaxed and perfectly rested. No anxiety or brain fog, just that slow and gentle rising of consciousness that comes with a deep and undisturbed rest. I imagine this is how our ancestors arose in the days before alarm clocks, sleeping pills and 24/7 urban chaos. Read more

  • Youthful

    People often comment that I look, act or sound much younger than I am. In fact someone made just such a comment to me only a few hours ago. In many ways I believe that there is truth to the comments. I always looked young for my age, but even more important has been my Read more