<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:12:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jopeterson/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Brewing with Herbs & Spices]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Let food be thy medicine and medicine by thy food.” Hippocrates Cheers fellow Pythians! At Pyth Brewing, we have been experimenting with brewing with organic herbs and spices. While brewing with these]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/microbrewery/@jopeterson/brewing-with-herbs-and-spices</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/microbrewery/@jopeterson/brewing-with-herbs-and-spices</guid><category><![CDATA[microbrewery]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:39:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ6EXi1Uey9mbZwt16TbvwBXzq8YLFG59SqRPtKSk8qEiLzrNLapfssQAvXZRRrBAYuBndSmYxNSb1HU2bX3HiEcMCwrbFwhjKxLGjqJmScFcSAkdz3T4ar?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to Get Nerdy Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest batch (haha) of data from the Brewers Association is now available...and of course, I had to dig in! Overall, I would say that the news is rather somber compared to the frothy and the "ye]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/craftbeer/@jopeterson/time-to-get-nerdy-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/craftbeer/@jopeterson/time-to-get-nerdy-again</guid><category><![CDATA[craftbeer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:18:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTCbCd1L4AQP82AFWYYzZC15DpSZWeSYgzVN9mB5CMAmEAUgsCk7dC2GfBWXmWUaDDvymMTxqhW5GdrnmfLL1z2B5saccPaNSd7tG3FkP6SfH4Y6H1b8EcMXVx5cu5P1gQe4rgDkXSG2GMAJ9YwFFc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting a Brewery...No On to the Hard Part...Debt Capital]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those of you that have been following my epic story of opening a brewery, we have now gotten to the hard part...raising capital via a lender...yuck! So I've avoided the ass pain, evil empire by bypassing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@jopeterson/starting-a-brewery-no-on-to-the-hard-part-debt-capital</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@jopeterson/starting-a-brewery-no-on-to-the-hard-part-debt-capital</guid><category><![CDATA[beer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:46:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro6BEQg2juD4jNdeB7qPKrETTrXsUCF51Wck3L1jYhZcsXMX5ApUBZGWxFnh5M1C1FNSJerEdDRYqPW82JV1mejrSe4Jmt6qUfKF7s4Hn6EFG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beginning is Here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, it has begun! The business plan and equity offering circular is out to a hand full of family and close friends. Excitement is abound! I'm also working on a super secret strategy/plan that I will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/craft/@jopeterson/the-beginning-is-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/craft/@jopeterson/the-beginning-is-here</guid><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:19:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFx2k9xAWTCmHmoYfv57vFikyteXzGQDsMziRe8cymmyCdKiQcxDeG8JPEMjMwUjmo5pyQYVwT34DBU2UkbduD6BY8tR6ydtM8sGN8kwg6HFR2Cp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Long Road to Greatness]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I trudge through the long and some times infuriating planning process of opening the Pyth Brewing Co. taproom, my mind can't help but wander to the longer-term strategy and how to achieve sustainable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@jopeterson/the-long-road-to-greatness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@jopeterson/the-long-road-to-greatness</guid><category><![CDATA[beer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:30:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtYQz12D1RCt3VT1cRBwv7AWCg6bYhy1Aw4rRDKpV9ipEMnJyfQ9iZ4nRBQQJQ3h4sKncUFQiBrGfyHDqJWuV43a5Vn4kWgCM?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pyth and the Blockchain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cryptocurrencies, blockchain, smart contracts, algorithms, artificial intelligence and on and on! 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I've spent many hours digesting the daily investment rags, listening to talking heads]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/regenerative/@jopeterson/brewing-and-regenerative-farming-an-inescapable-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/regenerative/@jopeterson/brewing-and-regenerative-farming-an-inescapable-reality</guid><category><![CDATA[regenerative]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 21:00:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdESKx2jE4xYEC3zpaaJQozAcMBDEDYUQ6J59MwkTMYdLn1UR46St5UZYuMVz6iEiwW1AKJ9eDnuzCZwXt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been awhile...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello my fellow Steemians. it has been awhile since I've posted last. I've been very busy planning for my new brewery concept...Pyth Brewing Company (Pyth is short for Pythagoras the famed mathematician]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@jopeterson/it-has-been-awhile</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@jopeterson/it-has-been-awhile</guid><category><![CDATA[beer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:09:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tired of working in corporate America....]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone up for co-op brewery, Blockchain Brews! We have to have this elixir of the Gods for our many celebrations to come! Everyone owns it...everyone enjoys!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@jopeterson/tired-of-working-in-corporate-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@jopeterson/tired-of-working-in-corporate-america</guid><category><![CDATA[beer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:16:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2nhMpgyts8tc3kFfaRuLzbSqiBXpRfbzyrs2HiVKzKYEbPrxD3rf7TRtpoDuPXd46fPbtbXm4nUp4hLcTUvvUxs6Paz2Zf1tEX8F2S43qCDgaTkN8ntPfDXfy8GPEcQJmNy7iLihXjepiRE3rRm8MAYCnyzW5pjsgV6pbvxcJDMLxzJo56uaVeGWJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wellness Insurance not Sickness Insurance]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the asshats in congress are mulling a health care bill that is independently determined to strip healthcare from 22 million Americans, the people await their fate. We are beholden to a group of elites]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@jopeterson/wellness-insurance-not-sickness-insurance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@jopeterson/wellness-insurance-not-sickness-insurance</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdQ5uNnivjMA6ydo3qqDDiwEWids9Vo2e64CgdF9eU787uHKoo6sNNgybTGskFS8RPpTM4tBWBn7tyZddNH5PTX8sLJBjLH7scpsqx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jopeterson is dead!]]></title><description><![CDATA["The fortunate man, the one whose wishes are completely fulfilled, is he who fits his plan of action to the times; to the contrary, the unhappy man is he who fails to match his actions to the times]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/awakening/@jopeterson/jopeterson-is-dead</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/awakening/@jopeterson/jopeterson-is-dead</guid><category><![CDATA[awakening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:47:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steiner's Threefold Social Organism and the Blockchain]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I prepare for my fellowship at RSF Social Finance (please reach out to see how you can support this endeavor), much of my research has focused on the man from which the organization is named...Rudolph]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@jopeterson/steiner-s-threefold-social-organism-and-the-blockchain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@jopeterson/steiner-s-threefold-social-organism-and-the-blockchain</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:24:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybu2ZTWzYrSFgEw3wkoFA8TWShR2SBVjLobQf5n6ugEUhQTa6HCwfMqi8Y4HN9HgHTCNt7jJ11bSpPADdUcoJ1AEa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RSF Integrated Capital Fellowship Capital Raise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, I'm Joshua Peterson. I've spent my entire professional career in banking and financial services. While my work has always been intellectually challenging and rewarding, the benefits of my work went]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fundraising/@jopeterson/rsf-integrated-capital-fellowship-capital-raise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fundraising/@jopeterson/rsf-integrated-capital-fellowship-capital-raise</guid><category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2017 18:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAKFx3iKU2ujJ2qhgn8gJkSQNim1mVHaW3x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ESG/Impact Investment + 4IR = Revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, those of us in the ESG/Impact investment world let out a collective sigh of disbelief and anger as President Trump rolled back Obama-Era regulations at the EPA which included a wholesale review]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservation/@jopeterson/esg-impact-investment-4ir-revolution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservation/@jopeterson/esg-impact-investment-4ir-revolution</guid><category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uosCi9H2AsYarE7eMMmX1yh3DR9Bg2xVi2de5c3Ns4yLzfhMJFCpGirzt8jBeMJUeuzK5GXEjreSTeRYo1jYVH69VbdNA3CsCtAMbQS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not so bad, but not so good either.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems like it's been awhile since my last post...I can blame my day job for that! In my last post, I built out the model framework for analyzing and assessing state-centric issues related to ESG concepts.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sustainable/@jopeterson/not-so-bad-but-not-so-good-either</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sustainable/@jopeterson/not-so-bad-but-not-so-good-either</guid><category><![CDATA[sustainable]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jopeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:44:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/f85of4KXmvsYFWs3hGZA6iEgiS2gakFCuyuCgQrVzSLGPqoFxLWnsXGtbGFBwZPfSzJ8u9aF7pVi6NupHJR8TW46Xcsckv7dxCChap3rwA6TmZGj3VJCm6C1gDmP3q7UQDfqAqYb7WK1EVeV6h33qHr8oFteSFSSfe6sqdjVSFeknjGcwd4dVmm5VaSqCtDGrSmRBT1FjC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ESG IPS OMG!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Investment Policy Statement (IPS) is now complete! Once again, this was a very enlightening and helpful “self-exercise”. 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