Making Feed On a Farm
My intern, Marcus, and I are developing a design challenge for Columbus City Schools around how we engineer feed here at Mezzacello. Using feed sources like oats, wheat germ, timothy hay, syrup, and cracked corn, we add other proteins, grasses and seeds grown here at Mezzacello like sunflower seeds, crickets, mealworms, and eggs. But our secret ingredient is edible weeds.
Project Sustainability Energy and Ecology (SEE)
The 2025 Summer Camp Season was tied to two main initiatives. The first was officially launching the MenTern program at Mezzacello Urban Farm. The second was Project SEE which manifested as STEM Farming camps focused on sustainability, energy, and ecology.
Morphic Resonance, Math, and
The "universe" is a mystery. It "speaks" through life, math, pattern, energy, and systems. When one system, pattern, structure, or process appears again and again, we call that Morphic Resonance. Morphic means having form or shape. Resonance means the impact of frequency on material. Lets dig into Morphic Resonance, Math, and Life.
How We Build Ecology, Technology, and Confidence Through Curriculum
At Mezzacello, we don’t recreate the wheel with new curriculum. We use the wheels of existing curriculum and build a new vehicle blending traditional Amish strategies and cutting edge STEM technology. This is how we do it.
Science Hides On a Farm
This blog post is dedicated to a board member of Mezzacello Urban Farm who challeneged me to think about Mezzacello as just a farm - the way that most people who don't know why Mezzacello exists will do.
Creating Unique Fertilizers From Scratch
This is an introduction to the various types and styles of fertilizers and compost that are created at Mezzacello.
Life on the Land and Systems Sustainability
Part of a series of blogs regarding the UN 17 SDG and my work on the farm. This one is goal 13 life on land.
Making Decisions - Good and Bad Choices
Well, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. As the old saying goes, "Stick to your day job, kid!"