Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Russell Bryant" <bovagard@msn.com>]

Been milking cows with my wife of 30 years for 20 years. Just got an apprentice to come on this fall. I used to scuff at want to be's but I realize what it takes to milk 35 cows and farm 100 acres . we were lucky with family. But the cow thing is all ours. we met milking cows on a large farm.

    Joel Salatin's You Can Farm   and All I Want To Do Is Illegal  2 must reads

I realize the want to be's are about all that is left. Most other farmers do not appreciate the life in the soil to keep people healthy.

    I took vo-ag in a class of about 25 . Our movement is growing . we all should be reading Acres U.S.A. also this has helped me . the big ag is got all of us in their cross hairs and we need to stay united to keep this movement going.

Thanks for the thoughts I found when I lived in Wis 20 years ago The best dairy farmers

 

newbe's were nurses.

    We Truck garden 2 acres mainly tomatoes. so I need not say our only social life is our customers. That is the way the older generation was too. I realize to be successful you need to work long days and have a passion for your work. I have learned once you are addited to cows there is no cure.

 

I enjoy this list

Russ& Lori

----- Original Message -----

From: Tradingpost

To: emitch@att.net ; livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 6:25 PM

Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Fw: [soilandhealth] Beginning Farmers (x-over post)

We all start somewhere. I get the soilandhealth list myself but missed that
one.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 11/27/2007 at 5:02 PM E. E. Mitchamore Jr wrote:

>Here's a good example from another list.
>
>I, too, am not a farmer, and sympathize with the difficulties of becoming
>one, including the land cost mentioned earlier.  However, I think the best
>advice (mentioned often), is to start where you are, with what you CAN do.
> My food gardening is limited to 400 sq ft, right now, but at least I'm
>learning how to do it.  Maybe I'll never expand or grow food for others,
>but I can be less of a burden on those who do.
>
>E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
>www.hillcountrynatives.biz
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: dylanford@optonline.net
>To: soilandhealth@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:45 PM
>Subject: [soilandhealth] Beginning Farmers (x-over post)
>
>
>Folks -
>>From time to time people will write to the various agriculture discussion
>lists to which I subscribe, stating their intent or at least desire to
>begin farming, people seeking advice and direction. I have gardened for
>nearly forty years and worked in nurseries and at grounds-keeping from
>time to time, but do not know the nuts and bolts involved in farming
>firsthand to offer any advice.
>But I would like to make one modest suggestion that I think would be of



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