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The Vice President of Farming: living a double life since 2011

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Here Today

January 16, 2018by PaulFredenberg 3 Comments

A mild, sugary snow started to fall, tiny, lackadaisical flakes spilling from the gathering skies and tickling the already numb faces. I had been outside three or four hours now, […]

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Freshly-Squeezed, Locally-Sourced Organic Breakfast

December 8, 2016by PaulFredenberg 1 Comment

I scrambled up the last few boulders of the butte in the middle of the city, heart still pounding from the exertion, grateful for both the driving Thievery-Corporation-heavy playlist and […]

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Miscellaneous

At Precisely 5:52

November 27, 2016by PaulFredenberg Leave a comment

As the Airbus bolted up into the golden-grey, sepia-toned haze of waning autumn I copped a break from the everyday ruminating and from my perch in a lonely window seat […]

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Declaring His Independence

November 26, 2016by PaulFredenberg 1 Comment

The ground was just enough frost-hardened to make things uncomfortable on my still-gimpy ankle as we trundled out just before dawn to check on the pigs. Geese overhead continued their […]

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Miscellaneous

Perfect Weather for Ping Pong

November 18, 2016by PaulFredenberg 5 Comments

It was what you might call, if such a thing existed, perfect weather for ping pong. Late afternoon temperatures in the low 60’s and now, just past suppertime, gently dipping […]

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Miscellaneous

As Many as You Can Fit in Your Truck

November 17, 2016by PaulFredenberg 2 Comments

It’s a special kind of awful, guilty pleasure to sit in a warm truck on a chilly morning. The kids are out there working the gates, huddled against the cold, […]

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Miscellaneous

Paint, Baling Twine, Talk Radio and Potholes

April 1, 2016by PaulFredenberg 5 Comments

About 20 kilometers into our nine-day traverse through Sweden I had finally had enough. “Have you ever seen roads like this?” I asked Alison incredulously, “they are so smooth, so […]

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Foreign Country

Sounds Good

March 18, 2016by PaulFredenberg 2 Comments

On Friday, as the butcher helped us load some 800 lbs. of meat from a steer we never formally named – the beast went only by “#1” in reference to […]

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Cattle, Farming, Food

The Science is Inconclusive

March 8, 2016by PaulFredenberg 5 Comments

On Saturday morning I walked to the barn through an uncertain dawn, winter easing, the air noticeably softer, the first tentative hints of shirtsleeves and baseball on the face. But you […]

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Cattle, Farming, Music

Home Alone

July 8, 2015by PaulFredenberg 2 Comments

The recent heavy rainfalls and resulting heavy mosquitoes are the topic du jour around here. The buggers are making up for the lost time of a dry spring and attacking with […]

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Farming, Food, Hay

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I'm Paul. By day I'm an executive at a real estate investment fund. By night – oftentimes very late night – and weekend I masquerade as a homesteader/farmer. I live with my wife and 9(!) children in rural Michigan. Read more about me here.

EMAIL: vpfarming (at) gmail.com

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