2023 Mezzacello Annual Report
This is our first official Annual Report for Mezzacello Urban Farm. I am pretty proud of it and I want to see much more growth!
BioDome Automated Systems 2023
This is the blogpost that touches on the ecology and technology in the biodome for 2023.
The Golden Ticket Presentation
The YouTube video of the talk I gave at the October 2023 Global innovation Field Trip on what i created Mezzacello to be.
BioEngineering Summer Camp 2023 Guest Blogs
These are two guest blogs written by middle school brothers for my last bioengineering summer camp. Their drawings!
Deciding To Live With Purpose
A prelude to the announcement on Monday, April 16, 2023. Mezzacello Urban Farm is important and special to me.
Interns and Mentorship on an Urban Farm
That moment when you think you have a temporary solution to one thing and you find a new solution to a bigger problem.
Mezzacello: Home Is Where The Lab Is
My home and my non-profit Mezzacello are the same place. This is the future of food security, creating networked gardens.
Ohio Farm Bureau 2021 Annual Report
Mezzacello was mentioned in the Ohio Farm Bureau 2021 Annual Report. I am pretty proud of that and the work we did together last year.
Pretty versus Plentiful with Ducks and Chickens
The poultry need to be isolated with new plant growth. It's time to sequester the chickens and ducks.
Animal Harvest Day at Mezzacello
This one is a bit grim, but super important if you want animals in your ecosystem and not just pets. Everything matters.
The Foodist: Quick Bean Soup
For a quick and savory meal in a flash, I always turn to this delightful Jaques Pepin-inspired soup.
Springtime, Chicks and the Truth About Ducks
Choose wisely when you are adding animals. to an urban farm. You need to know the pros and cons up front!
Hugelkultur at Mezzacello
German for Hill Culture, this ancient form of permaculture transforms lifeless, heavy clay dirt into a forest floor and captures CO2.
Compost, Soil Enrichment, and Garden Infrastructure
In place composting like you see in nature on the forest floor. A lasagna garden. That is this lesson.
A Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystem
A big hole, bigger dreams, some resources, disasters, and a summer later, we have a pond. And there were ducks.