The Implementation Crisis: A Tale of Innovation, Institutional Inertia, and the Future of Food System Transformation
In 2018, in the glittering heart of Las Vegas, an unlikely revolution in food waste began. MGM Grand Resorts, one of the Strip’s largest resort operators, faced a persistent challenge: […]
Implementation Guide: Chicken Coop Catalyst Project
Developing Grassroots Urban Food Production Capacity in a Broken System This guide provides a detailed walkthrough for implementing the first Ground Game project – a chicken coop (or several in […]
Blockchain Beyond Banking:
A New Coordination Infrastructure for Direct Action When most people hear “blockchain,” they think cryptocurrency, NFTs, or speculative investments. But what if the most powerful application of this technology isn’t […]
Beyond Financial Instruments: Blockchain as Communication Infrastructure for Direct Action
1. Introduction: The Coordination Problem The community hall buzzes with tension. Residents from across the watershed have gathered—farmers whose fields are increasingly parched, townspeople facing water restrictions, conservation advocates concerned […]
When Communities Build Power: A Story of Resilience
Imagine standing at the edge of a community garden, watching children harvest vegetables they planted themselves. Nearby, a former food desert now hosts a thriving market where farmers connect directly […]
Modern Morlocks & Institutional Ear-Flappers: How Literary Dystopias Predicted Our Food System’s Information Crisis
In H.G. Wells’ masterwork of speculative fiction, “The Time Machine,” our protagonist ventures far into humanity’s future only to discover an unsettling truth: our species has divided into two distinct […]
The Unexpected Climate Heroes: How Gaming Skills Could Save the World
When you think about solving climate change, you probably picture scientists in labs or policy makers in boardrooms. But what if the skills we need most have been developed in […]
Magic in the Morning: A Dance of Possibility
This morning, before the world fully woke, two messages found their way to me. Two visions of this moment we’re living through, as different as darkness and dawn. The first […]
When Your Data Pipeline is Compromised: A Ground-Level View of Why Climate Science Isn’t Creating Change
When you spend over a decade combining military logistics training with small business development, you develop an eye for how systems really work. More importantly, you learn to recognize when […]
From Kitchen Rage to Revolution: Finding Solutions in Unexpected Places
The turkey pot pie nearly went through my kitchen window. Standing there, surrounded by Thanksgiving leftovers and what felt like seventeen different steps just to make a simple sauce, my […]
