Nate,

How about once in a while TOD just posts a TOPIC for discussion on Campfire, and let every one post on what they are doing about that topic.

Like say...preserving meat, or curing meat or butchering it.

The general topic would be about how to handle meat when the grocery store on longer works.

Chickens might be another good topic.

Hand tools another.

The list can grow but if its just refined to a particuliar subject then much good information can be exchanged by those who have ideas and plans that actually work ,in the dirt, so to speak.

When an ag agent comes to a meeting and espouses a new idea many will ask him "Yeah but how does it work in the dirt?" meaning lab research is fine but does it really work?

For instance two years ago an ag prof told me and another few that the ideas being put forth about so much nitrogen and chemicals was way overrated. He said we are using way way too many chemical/nutrient inputs.

Airdale