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

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Build Another One

May 13, 2015by PaulFredenberg 3 Comments

Saturday was hot and humid, with just enough stillness in the air to thoroughly test drive the sweat glands for the first time this year. Good news is they still […]

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Carpentry, Small Projects

A Case for Telecommuting

May 6, 2015by PaulFredenberg 8 Comments

I awoke at 4:30 on a Monday, tiptoed past Alison, nine children, two dogs, and thirty-one brooder chicks temporarily camped out in a kiddie pool in the middle of our living […]

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Business, Farming, Food, Pigs

Foreign Country: Blythe, California

February 27, 2015by PaulFredenberg 7 Comments

I awoke at 4:30 and by 5:00 the rental Nissan was motoring down the sparsely vegetated ribbon of interstate between Palm Springs and Phoenix. I had just weathered two straight […]

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Business Trips, Cattle, Farming, Foreign Country, Hay

Parting Shot

November 14, 2014by PaulFredenberg 3 Comments

It was an absolute gift of a night. The air was like Mom’s kitchen, soft, fragrant, and yielding. The silhouette of black walnut tree and barn roofline featured against a […]

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Bedtime, Business Trips, Farming, Goats

Tender Loin

November 9, 2014by PaulFredenberg 12 Comments

It was the kind of gathering where a bowling ball rolled across the lush, encyclopedia-thick carpeting  might only make it eight inches before hitting the next set of Gucci loafers. […]

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Business, Business Trips, Cattle, Farming, Food, Hay, Miscellaneous

A Near-Perfect Lullabye

July 30, 2014by PaulFredenberg 3 Comments

It was a chamber of commerce day. The kind little league coaches, wedding planners and tourist boards dream about. Blue skies, warm sunshine, low humidity, gentle breezes, and a nagging […]

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Bedtime, Cattle, Parenting, Pasture

Creative Destruction

July 25, 2014by PaulFredenberg 5 Comments

I stared out at the Gulf, a ripe nectarine in one hand, a bag of granola in the other, watching the playboy yachts chugging south toward the Keys and the half-drunk […]

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Farming, Hay

Like So Many Farmers Before

May 6, 2014by PaulFredenberg 2 Comments

By the time I pulled into the driveway a splendid spring evening had turned into a perfect night. The temperature was an even fifty degrees and the snow and ice […]

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Bedtime, Farming, Parenting

Free Nights

May 1, 2014by PaulFredenberg 12 Comments

It was the same old script from the same old movie.  Bleary-eyed businessman, half-dressed, swigging from a bottle of lukewarm Aquafina, clacking away at a hot laptop in a cold […]

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Bedtime, Business Trips, Parenting

Something Tells Me We’ve Met Before

April 16, 2014by PaulFredenberg 11 Comments

The midnight room was dark, lit only by the flickering of a pair of beeswax candles and the trusty woodstove, and scented only by the crackling aroma of well-seasoned cherry […]

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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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