Historian, swimmer, reader. Agribusiness, strategy, sustainable food systems.https://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3mi2akqijw22d#bhc2026 what happened to the organizational synthesis? Drawing a big audience in a big lecture theatre27 Mar 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2akqijw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3mg3gbc7mx22pSo pleased to have this brilliant book physically in my hand today! Many thanks to @etshermer.bsky.social for intellectual and organizational leadership on this, and fellow series editors Kim Phillips-Fein and Andrew Wender Cohen for helping usher this into print.02 Mar 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3gbc7mx22phttps://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3m6s4gupq222fWith a listening room all to myself tonight, I played Tom Waits’s “trilogy” in order on vinyl: Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Frank’s Wild Years. It was transcendent. Would welcome suggestions for similar musical deep dives, any genre welcome.29 Nov 2025 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6s4gupq222fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3lsowz3zd7s2oI just bought every vinyl I could find of Ezra Collective. Watch the Glastonbury performance if you can, they are not only amazing musicians but amazing people.28 Jun 2025 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsowz3zd7s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3lpzfmri4o22gOne of my favorite lyrics of Waits/Brennan: Come down off the cross / We could use the wood. Feels more relevant now than ever, which I suppose it always will.25 May 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpzfmri4o22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3ldor3bd2lk2eOne of the best ways of extending life is available to almost all and it’s cheap: cycle commuting.” Rather liking Forbes these days. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2024/12/18/18-year-study-of-82297-adults-finds-cycle-commuting-halves-chance-of-early-death/19 Dec 2024 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldor3bd2lk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3ldoi6lfkzc2eA little piece with Errol Schweizer (former VP of Whole Foods) on the historical significance of the blocked Kroger-Albertsons merger https://grocerynerd.substack.com/p/grocery-update-39-the-high-cost-of?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=7xzqs&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email19 Dec 2024 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoi6lfkzc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3lcy525r35227Very important and potentially exciting news on the temporary block of the Kroger-Albertsons merger. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/business/kroger-albertsons-merger-ftc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare10 Dec 2024 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcy525r35227https://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3lcy3zaiztk27My family has no quirks. Other than their insistence on having at least two shakers of shichimi togarashi seasoning on the table at all times.10 Dec 2024 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcy3zaiztk27https://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3lcx4yld4z22pWas surprised to learn Freakonomics has republished the 2019 episode, “How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War,” focused on my book, Supermarket U.S.A: Food and Power in The Cold War Farms Race. You can listen and find the transcript on their website here. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-the-supermarket-helped-america-win-the-cold-war/10 Dec 2024 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcx4yld4z22phttps://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3lcbjtuoois26I’m pretty sure I’m not a middle class woman of a certain age, but I am also pretty sure blaming others for your own egregious behavior is not a good PR strategy, nor does it meet basic ethical standards https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/01/gregg-wallace-outrage-grows-as-conduct-complaints-over-14-years-revealed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other01 Dec 2024 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcbjtuoois26https://bsky.app/profile/shamilto.bsky.social/post/3lbeen4bgus22UK “free” trade discussions raise the specter of chlorine-washed chicken. But how is UK poultry produced? Andrew Godley and I wrote a piece addressing the paradoxical standards that underly modern agrifood systems — we want fair, healthy, sustainable food, but … https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2024.231720520 Nov 2024 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:fdfypsddsquv7gkaasbm4plv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbeen4bgus22