Where do we go from here?
A quick poll to determine our future
Dear Reader,
We’re at a crossroads here in the Postcards from the Heartland community.
At the moment, it’s not sustainable. I spend days crafting a single Postcard. Hours each day engaging Notes. More hours taking and cropping photos yet we’re not growing.
Your engagement is central to this community.
Paid subscribers support Draco Hill’s mission - free, educational events introducing Iowans to nature-friendly food farming.
Free subscribers help expand our reach to new readers - policymakers, food lovers, environmentalists, fellow farmers and rural progressives.
So please, share one insight with me that can help determine where I put my energy. Take the poll and say more in the comments if you like.
Your answers will help determine the kind of content I provide so our community can grow through your sharing.
Thank you!
Here’s a special treat for taking the poll!
Post what makes you happy. I think folks spend to much time trying to be all things to all people.
If you feel like posting.. post, you want to restack.. restack. Don't let this define or run your life, pleasing strangers is nice but is way down on my list.
As a consumer of your work, I enjoy your perspective on topics which are interesting and meaningful to me. I appreciate your ability to convert important concepts and feelings into the written word, and you frequently repost things I had not seen. The photos and video are reminders of the work you are putting into your property and the beauty of rural Iowa, which I feel connected to, having visited.
I don't spend that much time on Substack, but I started off with a long response to your question regarding growth, and then deleted it, realizing what I would do is ask ChatGPT how to grow my substack account. I could share that, but I'm not sure that's what you're asking of me. But personally, I like your content, hope you don't leave, and also understand it's a lot of work!