Writing
Field Notes From the Accidental Farmer
Essays from a coffee farm in Puerto Rico on what markets measure, what they miss, and what matters.
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Selected essays
- Why I Am Writing Here
Somewhere between the coffee trees and the broken machinery, I began taking notes. - The Day I Bought a Farm I Couldn't Visit
Three years of searching, eight minutes of deciding, and two hurricanes before the deed. - An Expert in Bananas
On learning the difference between a banana and a plantain, eventually.
Books
The Almanac gathers the essays each year. The Second Harvest follows the history and economics of coffee leaf.
- The Second Harvest · Fall 2027
The history of coffee’s leaf harvest and the market taking shape around it. Forthcoming from Copper Mill Press. - The Accidental Farmer’s Almanac · Planned for spring 2027
A year on a coffee farm, written down as it happened: essays, discoveries, mistakes, and a changing understanding of the land. The first volume is a retrospective of the early years, planned for Copper Mill Press.