Articles by Ken

A conversation happening right now in farming communities, at agricultural conferences, and in the boardrooms of food companies that would have seemed almost surreal to livestock farmers a generation ago. It’s a conversation about whether the way animals feel, the space they have to move, […]

Picture this scenario. You’re standing at the gym on a cold January morning, waiting fifteen minutes for the squat rack to free up while someone does curls in it — which is somehow still a thing that happens despite universal gym etiquette condemning it. The […]

There is a moment that every livestock farmer in sub-Saharan Africa knows intimately — a moment that arrives with the quiet certainty of a calendar page turning. The rains stop. The grass that was lush and abundant just weeks earlier begins to yellow, shrink, and […]

Suleiman Carrim Biography Suleiman Carrim was born on July 12, 1979, in the North West Province of South Africa. His early life was shaped by family ties to business and local community networks. Public records about his schooling and private family are limited, but available […]

Anuj Agnihotri Biography Anuj Agnihotri was born on January 10, 2000, in Rajasthan, India. As a child he studied in his hometown until Class 10 and then moved to a coaching hub to prepare for medical entrance exams. Anuj’s journey was shaped by a clear […]

There’s a particular kind of domestic frustration that only apartment dwellers truly understand. You’re standing in your kitchen — which is really just a narrow corridor with appliances on one side — staring at the space where a full-sized washing machine would theoretically go if […]

Ask any livestock farmer what kills their animals and you’ll get a remarkably consistent answer. They’ll tell you about the Newcastle disease outbreak that wiped out half their poultry flock in 2019. They’ll describe the foot-and-mouth disease that swept through neighboring farms and jumped the […]

Walk through any rural farming community in the tropical belt — whether you’re in West Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, or the Indian subcontinent — and you’ll notice something that agricultural scientists have been quietly puzzling over for decades. On one side of the fence, […]

Johana Ngeno Biography Johana Ngeno Kipyegon was born on December 12, 1972, in Narok County, Kenya. He came from a rural background and grew up in a community where farming, tradition, and local ties matter a great deal. From an early age he showed curiosity […]