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

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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

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

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

Shooting Pains

March 20, 2014by PaulFredenberg 7 Comments

I clattered around the kitchen to the washboard beat of a Johnny Cash playlist, scratching crusted butternut squash soup and quesadilla remains from a pile of pots and skillets. The stains from […]

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Bedtime, Farming, Food, Sheep

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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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