Randy Thompson

      Fitting in to the framework of “normal” has never been my goal. I’ve always tried to think outside of the box.
     As a child I questioned things that just seemed wrong. Like growth. I used to say “Why do prices keep going up?  If everything stayed the same, we wouldn’t need growth. Everyone would be happy”. I actually remember talking to my parents about that around age 11. Naive little boy. 
     I wear many hats today. Farmer. Food processor. Public servant. Writer. Plus more. I grow garlic and make honey garlic hot sauces and seasonings under my farm name Oddball Garlic Co. 
     Agriculture has been industrialized to the detriment of the environment. I’m working “with” nature to replicate natural principles, to create a cycle of stages to feed successive organisms as material breaks down. No more plowing and tilling.
    In a forest, dead material drops to the floor and feeds a self fertilizing system that’s gone on since the beginning of time. There is no waste. Only nutrients.