"Just for feedback, this issue is so deeply-stocked with great info that I have to say something. Reading Kirsten Simmons article was the icing on the cake, with her amazing and shattering second question, and that reminded me so much of Megan Neubauer’s related thesis about u-pick operations. The article about Rick Clark and the concept of growing maslin crops has me hoping to grow them someday. All of this fits beautifully with the FOUR articles about seeds and microbes, so the level of organizational thinking, of pure effort behind all of this, reflects the urgency of these times and feeds the knowledge base we need to survive them. You have made an inspirational difference in my life this month."