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Devon-dwelling biophiliac. Dog dad. Food systems, farming and agroecology, trees, nature connection, cack-handed gardening, movies. Solvitur ambulando.

Nathan Nelson
Nathan NelsonOct 2, 2026
Master’s, academic publishers, beer, adverts
I submitted my dissertation a day early. No late nights before the deadline, no last-minute rush, no panic. I used to pride myself on quoting Douglas Adams, with his deadlines making a whooshing sound as they fly by, but in the end I was relaxed and ahead of time. So uncool. My past self doesn't...
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Nathan Nelson
Nathan NelsonJun 9, 2026
The importance of food
The great press baron, Lord Northcliffe, used to tell his journalists that four subjects could be relied upon for abiding public interest: crime, love, money, and food. Only the last of these is fundamental and universal. Crime is a minority interest, even in the worst-regulated societies. It is possible to imagine an economy without money...
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Nathan Nelson
Nathan NelsonJun 5, 2026
Make your Gmail more private
Proton, the Swiss encrypted and privacy-aware email service, now lets you read and reply to your Gmail emails from within Proton. If you're looking to wean yourself off Gmail, or just curious about trying an alternative, this could be a good place to start: anyone you reply to will still receive your messages as Gmail,...
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Nathan Nelson
Nathan NelsonJun 1, 2026
Groundswell and the rhetorical ecology of farming and food
Thoughts on farming, food systems and rhetorical ecology prompted by a documentary film trailer I didn't much like. #FoodStudies #agriculture #ecology #agroecology #systems
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Nathan Nelson
Nathan NelsonMay 28, 2026
Connected to the ATmosphere
My social media hangout of choice is Bluesky - now, this website talks to it. I think. WordPress have released an ATmosphere plugin allowing me to post directly to Bluesky from here, and maybe even suck comments back in, using the protocol Bluesky is built on. I, er, think that's good?
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Nathan Nelson
Nathan NelsonNov 14, 2024
A (very brief) history of agriculture
This was a piece of course work from my Skills Bootcamp in Regenerative Land-Based Studies at the Apricot Centre earlier this year. It's an attempt to map out a history of agriculture. It will have missed a very great deal, but I focussed on pivotal events and technological developments that drove population change. Comments welcome....
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