diff --git a/app/models/crop.rb b/app/models/crop.rb
index 5fbf8a485..df9d3fdc0 100644
--- a/app/models/crop.rb
+++ b/app/models/crop.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Crop < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :varieties, :class_name => 'Crop', :foreign_key => 'parent_id'
 
   default_scope order("lower(system_name) asc")
+  scope :recent, reorder("created_at desc")
 
   validates :en_wikipedia_url,
     :format => {
diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.haml b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
index c2f3712bf..f8f116c84 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
@@ -1,64 +1,24 @@
 - if member_signed_in?
-
-  %h1= "Welcome, #{current_member.login_name}"
-
-  .row
-    .visible-desktop.visible-tablet
-      .span2
-        = render :partial => "members/avatar", :locals => { :member => current_member }
-    .span6
-      %p
-        %b Your profile:
-        =link_to current_member, current_member
-        = link_to "Edit", edit_registration_path(current_member), :class => 'btn btn-mini'
-
-      %p
-        %b Your location:
-        = current_member.location ? current_member.location : 'Not set'
-        = link_to "Edit", edit_registration_path(current_member), :class => 'btn btn-mini'
-
-      %ul.inline
-        %li.first
-          %b Your gardens:
-        - current_member.gardens.each do |g|
-          %li= link_to g.name, g
-        - if can? :create, Garden
-          %li
-            = link_to 'Add', new_garden_path, :class => 'btn btn-mini'
-
-      %p
-        %b Your seed stash:
-        = link_to pluralize(current_member.seeds.count, "variety"), seeds_by_owner_path(:owner => current_member.slug)
-        = link_to 'Add', new_seed_path, :class => 'btn btn-mini'
-
-    .span4
-      %p
-        Your account:
-        %strong
-          = current_member.account_type 
-          account
-        %br/
-        - if current_member == current_member && !current_member.is_paid?
-          = link_to "Upgrade and Support #{Growstuff::Application.config.site_name}", shop_path, :class => 'btn btn-primary'
+  = render :partial => 'signed_in'
 
 - else
-  .visible-desktop.visible-tablet
-    .hero-unit
-      = render :partial => 'blurb'
-  .visible-phone
+
+  .row
     = render :partial => 'blurb'
+  .row
+    .span8
+      = render :partial => 'crops'
+      = render :partial => 'seeds'
+      = render :partial => 'people'
 
-  - if @interesting_members.present?
-    %h2 Some of our members
-    %ul.thumbnails
-      - @interesting_members.each do |m|
-        %li.span2
-          = render :partial => "members/thumbnail", :locals => { :member => m }
 
-.row
-  .span6
-    %h2 Recent plantings
-    = render :partial => 'shared/recent_plantings'
-  .span6
-    %h2 Recent posts
-    = render :partial => 'shared/recent_posts'
+    .span4
+      %h2 Keep in touch
+
+      %h2 Open Source
+
+      %h2 Open Data and APIs
+
+      %h2 Get Involved
+
+      %h2 Support Growstuff
diff --git a/spec/models/crop_spec.rb b/spec/models/crop_spec.rb
index 6c66d2399..6e021abc1 100644
--- a/spec/models/crop_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/crop_spec.rb
@@ -33,25 +33,32 @@ describe Crop do
   end
 
   context 'ordering' do
+    before(:each) do
+      @uppercase = FactoryGirl.create(:uppercasecrop, :created_at => 1.minute.ago)
+      @lowercase = FactoryGirl.create(:lowercasecrop, :created_at => 2.days.ago)
+    end
+
     it "should be sorted case-insensitively" do
-      uppercase = FactoryGirl.create(:uppercasecrop)
-      lowercase = FactoryGirl.create(:lowercasecrop)
-      Crop.first.should == lowercase
+      Crop.first.should == @lowercase
+    end
+
+    it 'recent scope sorts by creation date' do
+      Crop.recent.first.should == @uppercase
     end
   end
 
   it 'finds a default scientific name' do
-    @c = FactoryGirl.create(:tomato)
-    @c.default_scientific_name.should eq nil
-    @sn = FactoryGirl.create(:solanum_lycopersicum, :crop => @c)
-    @c.default_scientific_name.should eq @sn.scientific_name
+    @crop = FactoryGirl.create(:tomato)
+    @crop.default_scientific_name.should eq nil
+    @sn = FactoryGirl.create(:solanum_lycopersicum, :crop => @crop)
+    @crop.default_scientific_name.should eq @sn.scientific_name
   end
 
   it 'counts plantings' do
-    @c = FactoryGirl.create(:tomato)
-    @c.plantings_count.should eq 0
-    FactoryGirl.create(:planting, :crop => @c)
-    @c.plantings_count.should eq 1
+    @crop = FactoryGirl.create(:tomato)
+    @crop.plantings_count.should eq 0
+    FactoryGirl.create(:planting, :crop => @crop)
+    @crop.plantings_count.should eq 1
   end
 
   it 'validates en_wikipedia_url' do