Musings
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, by Jacob Wolki Creating little workers
Creating a work ethic in your children Our first born Otto (6) is a pretty special kid, not least of all because of his...
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, by Jacob Wolki You are "innovator customers"
I gave a presentation at "Wormfest" in March. It was a group of almost 200 larger scale farmers who were there to learn about biological...
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, by Jacob Wolki Veganism
"The fact that we can articulate what a 'clean kill' might be, and why we believe it is important, lives right next door to the...
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, by Jacob Wolki Ham BANNED in schools!
JThis morning I got sent a news article from news.com, headlining “Western Australia introduces new limits on ham at school canteens, banning iconic lunch”. This has...
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, by Jacob Wolki Haters, trolls and vegans
Over the last couple weeks I’ve been at the receiving end of lots of online commentary. The reality is, today the speech directed at me...
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, by Jacob Wolki Tapping into labour
It's so obvious that it's embarrassing. Last month I advertised for a farm manager role. I offered 90k plus a car. I thought that it...
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, by Jacob Wolki Degenerates in the public eye
Otto (6) is a very engaging boy and loves to have in depth conversations. We were driving in to town earlier this week listening to...
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, by Jacob Wolki One of the problems with commodity markets
If you have ever come on a Wolki Farm tour or listened to a podcast with me guesting, you will have heard the Wolki Farm...
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, by Jacob Wolki Boutique Agriculture
I had a brilliant response to my blog about ramping up our pork enterprise and making the case for scale in regenerative d2m agriculture. “Sometimes...
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, by Jacob Wolki The Small expectations of Regenerative Agriculture
On my social media channels I proposed the thought experiment of a pastured hog farm producing 1000 pigs per week. Can it be "Regen/holistic/whatever"? It...
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, by Jacob Wolki 2024 - The Year of the Pig
In 2023 I earnestly tried to level up my broiler (meat chicken) game. A friend from afar with top chicken knowledge guided me as I...
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, by Jacob Wolki Celebrating being "Self Made" is uniquely middle class
I’ve never been one to dwell on inheritance. The idea of planning and waiting for a cheque after the passing of a family member icks...