diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index f73a8621c..1553259f3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
   # POST /posts
   # POST /posts.json
   def create
-    params[:post][:member_id] = current_member.id
+    params[:post][:author_id] = current_member.id
     @post = Post.new(params[:post])
 
     respond_to do |format|
diff --git a/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7b8cec89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module PostsHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/updates_helper.rb b/app/helpers/updates_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a9af2d48a..000000000
--- a/app/helpers/updates_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-module UpdatesHelper
-end
diff --git a/app/models/member.rb b/app/models/member.rb
index ad25bf768..d9fd61d8c 100644
--- a/app/models/member.rb
+++ b/app/models/member.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class Member < ActiveRecord::Base
   extend FriendlyId
   friendly_id :login_name, use: :slugged
 
-  has_many :posts
+  has_many :posts, :foreign_key => 'author_id'
   has_many :gardens
 
   # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index 3588418b6..564cf5f00 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
   extend FriendlyId
-  friendly_id :member_date_subject, use: :slugged
-  attr_accessible :body, :subject, :member_id
-  belongs_to :member
+  friendly_id :author_date_subject, use: :slugged
+  attr_accessible :body, :subject, :author_id
+  belongs_to :author, :class_name => 'Member'
   default_scope order("created_at desc")
 
-  def member_date_subject
+  def author_date_subject
     # slugs are created before created_at is set
     time = created_at || Time.now
-    "#{member.login_name} #{time.strftime("%Y%m%d")} #{subject}"
+    "#{author.login_name} #{time.strftime("%Y%m%d")} #{subject}"
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/posts/_form.html.haml b/app/views/posts/_form.html.haml
index 853b12536..429ce48e0 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/posts/_form.html.haml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
           %li= msg
 
   .field
-    = f.label :member_id
-    = f.number_field :member_id
+    = f.label :author_id
+    = f.number_field :author_id
   .field
     = f.label :subject
     = f.text_field :subject
diff --git a/app/views/posts/_single.html.haml b/app/views/posts/_single.html.haml
index 98a750efe..debf7dff3 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/_single.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/posts/_single.html.haml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
   .post
     .row
       .span1
-        = render :partial => "shared/avatar", :locals => { :member => post.member }
+        = render :partial => "shared/avatar", :locals => { :member => post.author }
       .span7
         - if subject
           %h3= link_to strip_tags(post.subject), post
 
         .post-meta
           Posted by
-          = link_to post.member.login_name, member_path(post.member)
+          = link_to post.author.login_name, member_path(post.author)
           at
           = post.created_at
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
           :markdown
             #{ strip_tags post.body }
 
-        - if current_member == post.member
+        - if current_member == post.author
           .post-actions
             = link_to 'Edit', edit_post_path(post), :class => 'btn'
             = link_to 'Delete', post, method: :delete, |
diff --git a/app/views/posts/index.rss.builder b/app/views/posts/index.rss.builder
index d7c32898d..a327ea793 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/index.rss.builder
+++ b/app/views/posts/index.rss.builder
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ xml.rss :version => "2.0" do
 
     for post in @recent_posts
       xml.item do
-        xml.author post.member.login_name
+        xml.author post.author.login_name
         xml.title post.subject
         xml.description post.body
         xml.pubDate post.created_at.to_s(:rfc822)
diff --git a/app/views/posts/new.html.haml b/app/views/posts/new.html.haml
index 8e160ba10..db20e4e8d 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/posts/new.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= content_for :title, "Post an post"
+= content_for :title, "Post a post"
 
 - if member_signed_in?
   = form_for @post, :url => { :action => "create" } do |f|
diff --git a/db/migrate/20130113081521_rename_post_member_to_author.rb b/db/migrate/20130113081521_rename_post_member_to_author.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bfea089b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20130113081521_rename_post_member_to_author.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RenamePostMemberToAuthor < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    rename_column :posts, :member_id, :author_id
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 86c218ac7..30424ec54 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130113060852) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130113081521) do
 
   create_table "crops", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "system_name",      :null => false
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130113060852) do
   end
 
   create_table "posts", :force => true do |t|
-    t.integer  "member_id",  :null => false
+    t.integer  "author_id",  :null => false
     t.string   "subject",    :null => false
     t.text     "body",       :null => false
     t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130113060852) do
     t.string   "slug"
   end
 
-  add_index "posts", ["created_at", "member_id"], :name => "index_updates_on_created_at_and_user_id"
+  add_index "posts", ["created_at", "author_id"], :name => "index_updates_on_created_at_and_user_id"
   add_index "posts", ["slug"], :name => "index_updates_on_slug", :unique => true
 
   create_table "scientific_names", :force => true do |t|
diff --git a/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb
index f3b42f092..781a7e656 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe MembersController do
   before :each do
     @member1 = FactoryGirl.create(:member, :login_name => 'fred')
     @member2 = FactoryGirl.create(:unconfirmed_member, :login_name => 'bob')
-    @posts = [ FactoryGirl.create(:post, :member => @member1) ]
+    @posts = [ FactoryGirl.create(:post, :author => @member1) ]
   end
 
   describe "GET index" do
diff --git a/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
index 28e8d4d66..6ab09a1c8 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe PostsController do
   # Post. As you add validations to Post, be sure to
   # update the return value of this method accordingly.
   def valid_attributes
-    { :member_id => 1, :subject => "blah", :body => "blah blah" }
+    { :author_id => 1, :subject => "blah", :body => "blah blah" }
   end
 
   # The parameters required to be passed to a Web request.
diff --git a/spec/factories/member.rb b/spec/factories/member.rb
index 16c814f85..cc7c44bb5 100644
--- a/spec/factories/member.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/member.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FactoryGirl.define do
 
-  factory :member do
+  factory :member, aliases: [:author] do
     login_name 'member1'
     password 'password1'
     email 'member1@example.com'
diff --git a/spec/factories/post.rb b/spec/factories/post.rb
index 68ed12d05..0f056691e 100644
--- a/spec/factories/post.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/post.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
   factory :post do
     subject "A Post"
     body "This is some text."
-    member
+    author
     created_at Time.now
 
     # Markdown is allowed in posts
diff --git a/spec/models/member_spec.rb b/spec/models/member_spec.rb
index b0b3ec21f..9257e0664 100644
--- a/spec/models/member_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/member_spec.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ describe 'member' do
       @member.to_s.should == 'member1'
       "#{@member}".should == 'member1'
     end
+
+    it 'should be able to fetch posts' do
+      @post = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :author => @member)
+      @member.posts.should eq [@post]
+    end
   end
 
   context 'no TOS agreement' do
diff --git a/spec/models/post_spec.rb b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
index 79af53bbe..90e7c2cbc 100644
--- a/spec/models/post_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ describe Post do
   end
 
   it "should be sorted in reverse order" do
-    FactoryGirl.create(:post, :subject => 'first entry', :member => @member)
-    FactoryGirl.create(:post, :subject => 'second entry', :member => @member)
+    FactoryGirl.create(:post, :subject => 'first entry', :author => @member)
+    FactoryGirl.create(:post, :subject => 'second entry', :author => @member)
     Post.first.subject.should == "second entry"
   end
 
   it "should have a slug" do
-    @post = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :member => @member)
+    @post = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :author => @member)
     @time = @post.created_at
     @datestr = @time.strftime("%Y%m%d")
     # 2 digit day and month, full-length years
diff --git a/spec/views/members/show.rss.builder_spec.rb b/spec/views/members/show.rss.builder_spec.rb
index f53a8d39e..a4be8cb48 100644
--- a/spec/views/members/show.rss.builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/members/show.rss.builder_spec.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ describe 'members/show.rss.builder', :type => "view" do
   before(:each) do
     @member = assign(:member, FactoryGirl.create(:member))
     assign(:posts, [
-      FactoryGirl.build(:post, :id => 1, :member => @member),
-      FactoryGirl.build(:post, :id => 2, :member => @member)
+      FactoryGirl.build(:post, :id => 1, :author => @member),
+      FactoryGirl.build(:post, :id => 2, :author => @member)
     ])
     render
   end
diff --git a/spec/views/posts/edit.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/posts/edit.html.haml_spec.rb
index a137c19fc..5fe7a0387 100644
--- a/spec/views/posts/edit.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/posts/edit.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe "posts/edit" do
   before(:each) do
-    @member = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
-    @post = assign(:post, FactoryGirl.create(:post, :member => @member))
+    @author = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
+    @post = assign(:post, FactoryGirl.create(:post, :author => @author))
   end
 
   context "logged out" do
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe "posts/edit" do
 
   context "logged in" do
     before(:each) do
-      sign_in @member
+      sign_in @author
       render
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/views/posts/index.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/posts/index.html.haml_spec.rb
index 349762875..f1b8fd130 100644
--- a/spec/views/posts/index.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/posts/index.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe "posts/index" do
   before(:each) do
-    @member = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
-    @post1 = FactoryGirl.build(:post, :member => @member)
-    @post2 = FactoryGirl.build(:post, :member => @member)
+    @author = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
+    @post1 = FactoryGirl.build(:post, :author => @author)
+    @post2 = FactoryGirl.build(:post, :author => @author)
     assign(:posts, [@post1, @post2])
     render
   end
diff --git a/spec/views/posts/index.rss.builder_spec.rb b/spec/views/posts/index.rss.builder_spec.rb
index cfb0c71a9..f080cdd01 100644
--- a/spec/views/posts/index.rss.builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/posts/index.rss.builder_spec.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'posts/index.rss.builder', :type => "view" do
   before(:each) do
-    @member = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
+    @author = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
     assign(:recent_posts, [
-      FactoryGirl.build(:post, :id => 1, :member => @member),
-      FactoryGirl.build(:post, :id => 2, :member => @member)
+      FactoryGirl.build(:post, :id => 1, :author => @author),
+      FactoryGirl.build(:post, :id => 2, :author => @author)
     ])
     render
   end
diff --git a/spec/views/posts/new.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/posts/new.html.haml_spec.rb
index e788eb952..d9780a661 100644
--- a/spec/views/posts/new.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/posts/new.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe "posts/new" do
   before(:each) do
-    @member = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
-    assign(:post, FactoryGirl.create(:post, :member => @member))
+    @author = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
+    assign(:post, FactoryGirl.create(:post, :author => @author))
   end
 
   context "logged out" do
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe "posts/new" do
 
   context "logged in" do
     before(:each) do
-      sign_in @member
+      sign_in @author
       render
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/views/posts/show.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/posts/show.html.haml_spec.rb
index 3fe5991c4..669a8300d 100644
--- a/spec/views/posts/show.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/posts/show.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe "posts/show" do
   before(:each) do
-    @member = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
+    @author = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
   end
 
   it "renders the post" do
     @post = assign(:post,
-      FactoryGirl.create(:post, :member => @member))
+      FactoryGirl.create(:post, :author => @author))
     render
     # show the name of the member who posted the post
     rendered.should match(/member1/)
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ describe "posts/show" do
 
   it "should parse markdown into html" do
     @post = assign(:post,
-      FactoryGirl.create(:markdown_post, :member => @member))
+      FactoryGirl.create(:markdown_post, :author => @author))
     render
     assert_select "strong", "strong"
   end
 
   it "shouldn't let html through in body" do
     @post = assign(:post,
-      FactoryGirl.create(:html_post, :member => @member))
+      FactoryGirl.create(:html_post, :author => @author))
     render
     rendered.should match(/EVIL/)
     rendered.should_not match(/a href="http:\/\/evil.com"/)