Archive - Root & Reclamation

On turning what is difficult into what feeds what comes next — in soil, in the body, and between humans

Apr 17 • John Free

Landing in Co-Collaboration

On a lifelong conversation with land, and what it’s been asking me to build

Apr 14 • John Free

The Soil Was Never the Problem. The Structure Was.

An autopsy of the independent farm and what comes next

Apr 13 • John Free

What we are actually looking for in land and in a landholder

The structure that makes genuine collaboration possible — and what collapses it

Apr 12 • John Free

What land actually requires of its holder

A story about losing my engine, finding the wrong door, and what I'm actually looking for now

Apr 12 • John Free

Seldom Seen Farm, Danville Indiana. 2004–2013.

Apr 11 • John Free

Building in the Ashes

For the ones who know something more coherent is possible

Apr 6 • John Free

March 2026

The So-Called Nature Sociopath

What happens when someone learns to trust reality before culture

Mar 15 • John Free

Your Robot Overlords Are Boring

A roll call for builders of the commons

Mar 10 • John Free

February 2026

Building Community Inside a Control System

Performative regeneration, power, and the quiet death of reciprocity

Feb 22 • John Free

January 2026

The Soft Launch of Permanent Control

Why waiting won’t save us—and what grows when people stop cooperating with fear

Jan 1 • John Free

December 2025

Beyond Belief, Beyond Repair

Practicing What Comes Next

Dec 22, 2025 • John Free