Tag Archives: Mackenzie country

Whose story is it?

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

The story I am telling is that of a landscape. To me people are an integral and inseparable part of a landscape, we cannot be considered separate from something that shapes who we are, and something we shape in irreversible … Continue reading →

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A random selection from the messiest desk

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

As the piles of paper collect in the corners of my desk, and stunning images of the basin adorn my screen, life in the basin continues. It seems like there is something in the news every day regarding the Mackenzie … Continue reading →

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More on Tenure review

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

I know I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s a complicated concept to get your head around and I don’t think I’m completely clear on it so the research is still in progress. The following is copied from the most recent … Continue reading →

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Tenure review

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

Not all of the land being farmed in the basin actually ‘belongs’ to the people using it, although they’ve been there so long it’s a difficult thing to say. There is a muddled pattern of loaning and subsidizing which has … Continue reading →

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How now brown cow

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

OK so they’re usually black and white, but that’s getting sidetracked… Whats the deal with cubicle / barn farming, it’s bad right? It takes the animals out of their natural environment, and squashes them together in a factory farming style … Continue reading →

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