Archive - Keystone Questions

Eating Beef Because You Love Animals

I haven’t been writing much over the last three years, largely because since my wife Riley and I started our own custom grazing business in 2022, I’ve…

Apr 21 •

Matthew Rose-Stark

December 2024

Ethics, Compost, and the Big Bang

I survey the paddock, hemmed by a thin strand of polywire, concentrating urine and manure.

Dec 13, 2024 •

Matthew Rose-Stark

April 2022

The Pathology of Disturbance

If I may start with a sweeping truism, we tend to fear change.

Apr 4, 2022 •

Matthew Rose-Stark

April 2021

Watching Grass Grow

In what’s shaping up to be the driest year of my lifetime, I’ve been feeling particularly grateful for the flush of growth that still blankets my world…

Apr 15, 2021 •

Matthew Rose-Stark

February 2021

Carbon as Commodity

The perils and promises of carbon markets

Feb 22, 2021 •

Matthew Rose-Stark

January 2021

Why Keystone? What Question?

The air feels tense and thick with the sounds and smells of life, as I shift my weight onto my right foot- gaze fixed on the 20 or so cattle huddled…

Jan 17, 2021 •

Matthew Rose-Stark

December 2020

Inquiries into and Dispatches from our Place in the World

Welcome to Keystone Questions by me, Matthew Rose-Stark.

Dec 12, 2020 •

Matthew Rose-Stark

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