Joel Longstreth · Jul 7, 2025 · 4 min read
Shifting Drainage Tile Trends
Drainage tile usage is showing no signs of slowing down or saturation — trends, trade-offs, and where smart drainage is headed.
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Notes on water & yield.
Agricultural water management, past and present — and why holding water at the roots matters more every year.
Joel Longstreth · Jul 4, 2025 · 4 min read
History of Agricultural Water Capture
From Andean terraces to Petra: how ancient civilizations captured, conveyed and conserved water — and what it teaches modern growers.
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Lessons from the Irish Potato Famine
Genetic uniformity, policy failure and the persistence of Malthusian thinking — what the famine still teaches about food security.
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Ogallala Depletion — A Case Study of Mismanagement of Agricultural Water
It took millennia to create and about a century to deplete. The Ogallala Aquifer is West Texas at a crossroads.
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