Thomas McOsker

Projects

The Work

The questions start on a working farm. Research tests them, writing follows them, and the work in Specialty Coffee Leaf puts one of them into practice.

How the work connects

The farm at the center of the work Copper Hill Farms is the common ground. Research tests the questions, writing follows the questions, and markets put an answer into practice. Three curved lines connect these areas to the farm, drawn as a landscape contour. Copper Hill Farms THE WORKING FARM Research Tests the questions Writing Follows the questions Markets Puts an answer into practice The farm at the center of the work Copper Hill Farms is the common ground. Research tests the questions, writing follows the questions, and markets put an answer into practice. Three curved lines connect these areas to the farm, drawn as a landscape contour. THE WORKING FARM Copper Hill Farms Research Tests thequestions Writing Follows thequestions Markets Puts an answerinto practice

Copper Hill Farms

The working farm in western Puerto Rico where the questions arise.

Copper Hill Farms on LinkedIn

Copper Hill Research Station

Field and laboratory work on botanical processing, coffee-leaf composition, and how leaf harvest affects the crop.

Explore the research

Field Notes

My public notebook, published most Thursdays. The essays follow the people, animals, plants, machines, and money that shape the daily work of a farm.

Read Field Notes

Specialty Coffee Leaf Association

I’m helping establish the association to develop shared methods for describing coffee leaf and evaluating its quality.

About the association

Wize

The first product from The Whole Tree Company, PBC, cold-crafted from the leaves of the coffee tree.

Read the Wize founder’s note

Copper Mill Press

An independent press developing The Second Harvest and The Accidental Farmer’s Almanac.

About the Almanac · About The Second Harvest

coffee.works

Advises on agricultural economics and market design.

About the practice