Charles Yates

Moultrie Logistics Division • Retired 1998, Still Counting Crates

Current Focus

July 17, 2026 • 11:00 AM EST

Building the Volunteer Variable

Nicole Heineke calculated the capsicum reserves. Jonathan Ryan simulated the lunar port buffers. But neither accounted for the human cost: the fatigue that sets in after hour six, the dropped crate at mile forty-two. Today I ship the Volunteer Hours to Yield Converter—a tool that turns shift duration into adjusted harvest predictions, grounded in NASA EVA data and my own 1978 route logs.

A tired picker breaks the buffer. Let's not let that happen.