Jesse Hirsch
@jessehirsch.bsky.social
Journalist, food and farming.
Editor of Offrange, a new kind of agriculture publication: https://offrange.org
Editor of Offrange, a new kind of agriculture publication: https://offrange.org
Just sent a pajama party gif on slack, then immediately apologized
December 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just sent a pajama party gif on slack, then immediately apologized
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There are multiple reindeer farms in the U.S., but the animals are just there to be charming — you will not be able to try their meat!
Some new holiday fare from Karen Fischer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Some new holiday fare from Karen Fischer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Herders at the Edge of Extinction - Offrange
“There is a lot of divine design around reindeer.”
ambrook.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There are multiple reindeer farms in the U.S., but the animals are just there to be charming — you will not be able to try their meat!
Some new holiday fare from Karen Fischer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Some new holiday fare from Karen Fischer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
There are multiple reindeer farms in the U.S., but the animals are just there to be charming — you will not be able to try their meat!
Some new holiday fare from Karen Fischer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Some new holiday fare from Karen Fischer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Herders at the Edge of Extinction - Offrange
“There is a lot of divine design around reindeer.”
ambrook.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There are multiple reindeer farms in the U.S., but the animals are just there to be charming — you will not be able to try their meat!
Some new holiday fare from Karen Fischer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Some new holiday fare from Karen Fischer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
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There are 9 million reindeer and caribou in the Arctic Circle today, but the future outlook became increasingly dire when the Trump administration announced that it was re-opening oil and gas drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — deep in the state’s caribou range.
Herders at the Edge of Extinction - Offrange
“There is a lot of divine design around reindeer.”
ambrook.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
There are 9 million reindeer and caribou in the Arctic Circle today, but the future outlook became increasingly dire when the Trump administration announced that it was re-opening oil and gas drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — deep in the state’s caribou range.
Getting a lot of out of office emails that say "I'm on a well-deserved break." Says who???
December 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Getting a lot of out of office emails that say "I'm on a well-deserved break." Says who???
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Backyard wheat feels pretty inefficient, but it's also kind of charming and I love seeing people connect with their food in new and cool ways. Maybe I'll plant some next spring.
Wheat in Your Backyard - Offrange
Gardening wheat is reconnecting neighborhoods to their grain, sprouting “pancake patches” and a home-baked way of living.
ambrook.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Backyard wheat feels pretty inefficient, but it's also kind of charming and I love seeing people connect with their food in new and cool ways. Maybe I'll plant some next spring.
One topic I get pitches about like, all the time: chestnuts!
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
One topic I get pitches about like, all the time: chestnuts!
Kate Meadows grew up in a remote Wyoming ranching town, always feeling inferior for being a "townie." As an adult, she started to realize the rancher kids might have felt more like the outcasts.
"We are more alike than we are different."
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
"We are more alike than we are different."
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
Non-Rancher in a Ranching Town - Offrange
After feeling like an outcast among cowboys, a Wyoming writer considers who the outsiders really were.
ambrook.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Kate Meadows grew up in a remote Wyoming ranching town, always feeling inferior for being a "townie." As an adult, she started to realize the rancher kids might have felt more like the outcasts.
"We are more alike than we are different."
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
"We are more alike than we are different."
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
I wrote my first surplus grocery post in months! TW: mold, rancid corn oil
the-haul.ghost.io/radio-on/
the-haul.ghost.io/radio-on/
Radio On
We finally left New York City, y'all. I rented a 20-foot box truck, larger than any truck I've ever driven (possibly the biggest truck ever invented?), and ran into a van before I even left the rental...
the-haul.ghost.io
December 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I wrote my first surplus grocery post in months! TW: mold, rancid corn oil
the-haul.ghost.io/radio-on/
the-haul.ghost.io/radio-on/
The only kind of news I want to read rn
December 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The only kind of news I want to read rn
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Soylent Gronk
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Soylent Gronk
Not enough people discussing this avocado promotion
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not enough people discussing this avocado promotion
Classy move when freelancers send a personal holiday greeting
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Classy move when freelancers send a personal holiday greeting
@marynmck.bsky.social hi! Hit me up if you are interested in writing on some topics of note jesse@offrange.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
@marynmck.bsky.social hi! Hit me up if you are interested in writing on some topics of note jesse@offrange.org
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On Oct. 1, the Danish government mandated dairy farmers start feeding their cows a supplement that would reduce methane production. Authorities have now received hundreds of complaints of cattle poisoning.
Emma Penrod looks at the controversy around Bovaer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Emma Penrod looks at the controversy around Bovaer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Feed Supplement Triggers Reports of Cow Poisoning - Offrange
Some studies suggest the Bovaer supplement, intended to reduce methane emissions, may reduce dairy cows‘ feeding behaviors and milk. The cause of the reported poisonings remains unclear.
ambrook.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
On Oct. 1, the Danish government mandated dairy farmers start feeding their cows a supplement that would reduce methane production. Authorities have now received hundreds of complaints of cattle poisoning.
Emma Penrod looks at the controversy around Bovaer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Emma Penrod looks at the controversy around Bovaer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
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For 13 years dairy farmers have fought to get whole milk back into school meals, to put more $ in farmers’ pockets and as a corrective to a "poor nutritional decision that's had adverse effects on children’s health." They're about to get their wish. My latest for Offrange ambrook.com/offrange/leg...
Getting Whole Milk Back in the Cafeteria - Offrange
There’s been a push to restore whole and 2 percent milk to school meals ever since they were disallowed in 2012. That effort is about to pay off.
ambrook.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For 13 years dairy farmers have fought to get whole milk back into school meals, to put more $ in farmers’ pockets and as a corrective to a "poor nutritional decision that's had adverse effects on children’s health." They're about to get their wish. My latest for Offrange ambrook.com/offrange/leg...
The least fun Wrapped
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The least fun Wrapped
Source in a story I'm editing speaks with imperfect grammar. I'm always torn on whether to keep those tics or clean them up (Example: “There was over 600 dairy farmers")
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Source in a story I'm editing speaks with imperfect grammar. I'm always torn on whether to keep those tics or clean them up (Example: “There was over 600 dairy farmers")
Dad's on thin ice, imo
December 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Dad's on thin ice, imo
On Oct. 1, the Danish government mandated dairy farmers start feeding their cows a supplement that would reduce methane production. Authorities have now received hundreds of complaints of cattle poisoning.
Emma Penrod looks at the controversy around Bovaer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Emma Penrod looks at the controversy around Bovaer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Feed Supplement Triggers Reports of Cow Poisoning - Offrange
Some studies suggest the Bovaer supplement, intended to reduce methane emissions, may reduce dairy cows‘ feeding behaviors and milk. The cause of the reported poisonings remains unclear.
ambrook.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
On Oct. 1, the Danish government mandated dairy farmers start feeding their cows a supplement that would reduce methane production. Authorities have now received hundreds of complaints of cattle poisoning.
Emma Penrod looks at the controversy around Bovaer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Emma Penrod looks at the controversy around Bovaer:
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
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From time to time, I still do journalism.
Here's a story on tribes across Oklahoma investing in meat processing plants after COVID exposed our food supply system's precariousness.
Thanks to @jessehirsch.bsky.social at OffRange for publishing this.
ambrook.com/offrange/sup...
Here's a story on tribes across Oklahoma investing in meat processing plants after COVID exposed our food supply system's precariousness.
Thanks to @jessehirsch.bsky.social at OffRange for publishing this.
ambrook.com/offrange/sup...
Sovereignty Matters: Native Americans Build Their Own Meat Processing Facilities - Offrange
During the pandemic’s supply chain disruptions, at least 18 tribes in the U.S. opted to vertically integrate. Several years later, they are thriving.
ambrook.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
From time to time, I still do journalism.
Here's a story on tribes across Oklahoma investing in meat processing plants after COVID exposed our food supply system's precariousness.
Thanks to @jessehirsch.bsky.social at OffRange for publishing this.
ambrook.com/offrange/sup...
Here's a story on tribes across Oklahoma investing in meat processing plants after COVID exposed our food supply system's precariousness.
Thanks to @jessehirsch.bsky.social at OffRange for publishing this.
ambrook.com/offrange/sup...
@chinajoeflynn.bsky.social hey joe, can I grab your email for our berry story?
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
@chinajoeflynn.bsky.social hey joe, can I grab your email for our berry story?
My wife just texted me from the library to give an update on the level of audible farting (high)
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My wife just texted me from the library to give an update on the level of audible farting (high)
Reposted by Jesse Hirsch
The Pacific Northwest is where most U.S. hops are grown. It's also a region that's been battered by wildfires in recent years - and it's affecting our beer.
New from @aimeerawlins.bsky.social, how researchers are scrambling to help hops growers adapt:
ambrook.com/offrange/cro...
New from @aimeerawlins.bsky.social, how researchers are scrambling to help hops growers adapt:
ambrook.com/offrange/cro...
Smoke Gets in Your Beer - Offrange
Wildfires have become the new norm in the Pacific Northwest — where most of our hops are grown. Researchers are digging into the short- and long-term effects.
ambrook.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The Pacific Northwest is where most U.S. hops are grown. It's also a region that's been battered by wildfires in recent years - and it's affecting our beer.
New from @aimeerawlins.bsky.social, how researchers are scrambling to help hops growers adapt:
ambrook.com/offrange/cro...
New from @aimeerawlins.bsky.social, how researchers are scrambling to help hops growers adapt:
ambrook.com/offrange/cro...