Tag: distributed systems
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Biological Leakage and the Deering Principle – The Missing Link Was Never Lost, Only Disconnected
Not all food is the same. It only looks that way when connection is lost. This article explores biological leakage—the measurable decline in food quality as systems stretch across time and distance—and introduces the Deering Principle, which explains how decision-making breaks down when it becomes disconnected from consequence. Using Southern Oregon as a working example,…
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The Missing Middle: How Processing Infrastructure Could Keep Southern Oregon’s Food Economy Local
Southern Oregon is the focus of this article, but the structural challenges described here appear across rural food systems throughout the United States. Many regions struggle with the same missing middle – the infrastructure that connects farms, ranches, and producers to functioning markets. What makes Southern Oregon notable is how clearly those pressures appear. Agriculture…
