Contributors We asked contributors to this issue of Resilience to offer a short biographical statement and a short expression of their land ethic. They have generously contributed their words, stories, poems, drawings, and photographs for the love of this publication, organization, and community. We’re extremely grateful to them for making this magazine. Tafari Fynn, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, is a spirited young woman studying biology at New York University Shanghai. She is inspired by environmental sciences and hopes to contribute to the redesign of federal agricultural policies. Tafari also enjoys producing music and art, as well as making her younger sister Ruby laugh.
Jessi Adcock was born and raised in Ripley, West Virginia, and returned to the Mountain State last year after spending several years learning and working on farms and ranches around the U.S. She currently works as education coordinator at Refresh Appalachia and as a livestock marketing program verification inspector. Nature has answers for everything; if we listen to her closely enough, she’ll tell us what we need to know.
I believe inhabiting a space or land involves cultural exchange and understanding between its peoples and animals. All life should be respected and uplifted.
Alexis Bonogofsky is the Northern Plains coordinator for Quivira’s New Agrarian Program. She lives and works on the farm she grew up on near Billings, Montana.
Joseph Gazing Wolf lives in Tempe, Arizona, and is a doctoral student at Arizona State University. He studies the social/cultural, “What I stand for is what I stand on.” — Wendell Berry. economic, governmental, and ecological variables that affect the social-ecological resilience and sustainable livelihoods of Indigenous Benjamin Clark is originally from south-eastern Massachusetts. He began growing vegetables in a community garden plot at the start of agricultural communities across the world. his twenties and has since worked his way from diversified vegetable In the Indigenous mind there is no such thing as a land ethic, there is only production, orcharding, mixed livestock and dairy farming, to one ethic: we are the land, we are only one of many daughter tribes on the large-scale organic grain production in north-central Montana. He land, and all other tribes — animals and plants — have equal rights and currently works for Vilicus Farms near Havre, Montana. responsibilities to the land. Land stewardship starts with never letting your bananas go brown.
Hannah Gosnell is a Professor of Geography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, and a novice gardener. She lives in Corvallis with her husband, two teenage daughters, and her dog Rosie, with whom she enjoys trail running in the local forest.
Tony Daranyi, when not playing in the snow or forecasting avalanche conditions and weather for the Telluride Ski Company, spends his time on Indian Ridge farm in Norwood, Colorado, which he co-owns with his wife Barclay. Together with a cast of thousands (including Quivira NAP apprentices), they practice regenerative agriculture to improve soil conditions and the general ecosystem, enhancing biodiverse habitats and augmenting water resources through holistic management and animal husbandry.
Humans should act as Earth stewards, sustaining and supporting natural processes and demonstrating gratitude for opportunities to coproduce food and fiber with the nonhuman creatures they depend upon.
We strive to understand nature’s processes without prejudice: through close observation, patience, and mindful interaction, we seek to improve our habitats, increase the farm’s bio-diversity, and enhance our water resources — treating the farm as one large living organism. All our activities and observations are continually graced with immense amounts of gratitude.
Ariel Greenwood manages large herds of livestock as co-owner of Grass Nomads, LLC, on ranches in New Mexico and Montana. She serves on the board of Holistic Management International and Contra Viento Journal.
Tarryn Dixon lives in Durango, Colorado, where she works for the James Ranch. She has returned as an employee this year after two seasons as a NAP apprentice.
Sarah King lives and works on the King’s Anvil Ranch, southwest of Tucson, Arizona. She is also the executive director of the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance, a collaborative conservation nonprofit founded by ranchers in the Altar Valley.
Re-integration.
I strive to be a steward of the land by healing the soil while creating food for my community. The land, in turn, provides the healing benefits of beauty and adventure I find here in Southwest Colorado.
People should work toward common ground for the betterment of the landscape.
Abigail R. Dockter is a writer and archaeologist in Tucson, Arizona. Her writing appears in Terrain.org and several regional Edible magazines.
Sean McCoy grew up in Arizona and has worked on ranches across the Southwest. In addition to this publication, he edits Contra Viento, a journal of art and literature from rangelands.
Be a good organism and try not to take up too much space.
Live below your feet.
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