Laying out the boundaries of his life like a cultivator marking his acreage. To Kitch, what he does and how he does it is as natural as breathing. But to those around him, Kitch is just another one of those amazing Stanford University grads who is changing life, as we know it. He reads e-mail and talks over the future with Marlo. A second breakfast comes during business and board meetings.
Lunch is devoted to catching up with employees.
Then it's home to share time and cooking duties with his wife. Food is mostly vegetarian with raw ingredients delivered from the online grocer Webvan and Palo Alto's Farmers' Market. From midnight to about one in the morning, it's e-mails and research. Kitch says he likes routine. He marches on with the belief that Homestead and his life, much like Roman soldiers turned farmers, continues on its natural course.