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Federated Municipal Platforms: A core Runrig design pattern
October 15, 2025
A federated municipal platform, or FMP, is a communally owned & controlled digital platform, enabling a regional foodshed or bioregion to manage its own land, resources, and labor according to its own needs. It can host a range of free software applications & services, from dedicated food & agricultural software to generic productivity apps, all determined by a local municipality of users. As a federated platform, it can simultaneously cooperate with other community-based platforms to share resources and contribute to global solidarity efforts.
Against Scale
August 29, 2025
Friday night newsletter before a holiday weekend, yee-haw! 🤠 As I promised almost two months ago, here is the follow-up to my previous article, titled...
Illegible Agriculture: When tech oversimplifies essential complexity
July 8, 2025
Greetings everyone, This past month, the Runrig Journal had to take a bit of a backseat to some personal stuff, but I'm back on track (hopefully) with my...
Runrig in 2025
June 3, 2025
Hey good people, It's been a while since I've posted a general update on Runrig. There are more details below on what's been going on with the project...
🌱 Spring is the time for solidarity 🌸
April 3, 2024
Hello intrepid Runrig newsletter subscribers! Just a brief notice to say the Open Workshops will resume this week, with the first Friday workshop on April...
🚗 Roadmap for 2024 🛣️
December 18, 2023
Roadmap for 2024 If I've made good on one promise this year it's not to spam you good folks who signed up for this newsletter. This fall and winter has been...
Open Design Workshops for Crop Plan Tooling
June 28, 2023
New Ways to Get Involved with Runrig Thanks everyone who signed up early for the Runrig newsletter! As promised, we finally have some events scheduled and...
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