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§ XThe A4L Journal

Field notes from the farm.

Long-form dispatches on what we are learning — slow, working knowledge about catfish, aquaponics, black soldier fly, training, and the long arc of a circular farm. Read in order or wander.

Catfish moving through dark water
Plate x · 18 April 2026 — Hatchery

§ XIFeatured · Hatchery

Why we breed Malawian catfish — and why it matters

A first-generation selective breeding programme is slow, unglamorous and absolutely necessary.

Local catfish in Malawi grow slowly and inconsistently — a fact every farmer knows and every economist undersells. Here is why we have started a selective breeding programme, and what we expect to see in a decade.

·7 min·A4L Editorial

§ XIIAll dispatches

The ledger.

5 entries · oldest at the bottom
  1. Black Soldier Fly

    Black soldier fly — a small insect with a long shadow

    How a fly that most farms ignore became central to our economics — and our classroom.

    6 min →
  2. Training

    Forty children, every week

    What the Generation Game Changers programme has taught us, beyond the curriculum.

    5 min →
  3. Aquaponics

    Cycling a new aquaponics system, patiently

    A short, honest guide to the most boring — and most important — month of an aquaponics build.

    6 min →
  4. Philosophy

    The case for the circular farm

    Linear agriculture is expensive, fragile and lonely. A circular farm is the alternative most farmers already half-know.

    5 min →

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