tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post2047130444042141121..comments2023-09-24T05:19:13.830-04:00Comments on Roberts Roost: Sustainability and Economics – an eco-farmer’s thoughtsAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442419546836689939noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-22861325312253136962011-03-24T13:30:34.038-04:002011-03-24T13:30:34.038-04:00Please take a look at someone who started doing wh...Please take a look at someone who started doing what you are doing thirty years ago...Your ideas are not just noble, they're totally doable.<br /><br />http://www.barefootfarmer.com/about/farm-goal/<br /><br />Several of his post would be so applicable to your situation...The guy also host bio dynamic conferences in which 30 or so farmers spend the weekend together, exchange ideas/support one another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-8158110941415745052011-03-24T13:12:39.133-04:002011-03-24T13:12:39.133-04:00Please take a look at someone who started doing wh...Please take a look at someone who started doing what you are doing thirty years ago...Your ideas are not just noble, they're totally doable.<br /><br />http://www.barefootfarmer.com/about/farm-goal/<br /><br />Several of his post would be so applicable to your situation...The guy also host bio dynamic conferences in which 30 or so farmers spend the weekend together, exchange ideas/support one another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-48964722549771132152011-03-11T03:46:53.774-05:002011-03-11T03:46:53.774-05:00It's important the we delve into the nitty-gri...It's important the we delve into the nitty-gritty of the economic system in which we live to try to understand how it works and what our place in it is. It's not nearly as sexy as learning about how to grow plants or raise stock but it's at least as important if we want small family farms such as your to continue, so I applaud your efforts. Please continue the theme.<br /><br />Our own smallholding relies on income from a holiday cottage we rent out and we're in the process of converting another building to increase that income stream. That gives us the money to live and farm the way we believe is right.<br /><br />Larger (than ours) farms locally also have the husband farming and the wife going out to work elsewhere. There is also the issue of our consumption and our forebears wouldn't have had the expense of laptop, flat-screen TV, mobile phone, etc., and wouldn't buy a new snath for their scythe, they'd make one out of an branch of ash.<br /><br />What is insidious, while we talk about economics, is moeny-men speculating with wheat, buying and storing it from farmers who need to sell then for cash flow, only to force up the price by their monopoly of possession and sell it onto the baker at an elevated price. They've done nothing to cultivate the grain, nor add value by baking it into loaves, but they're making money at the expense of ordinary people; that can't be right, can it ?Stuart and Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886622731103783384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-21210613220101967522011-02-11T09:34:14.887-05:002011-02-11T09:34:14.887-05:00Very nice-i have been mulling over 'pastural e...Very nice-i have been mulling over 'pastural economics' again after re-reading the Contrary Farmer. It is interesting how you pick up on different things when you are ready for the information. Getting away from a money based economy is one of my goals. I think i have a post rattling around my head which needs to get out-thanks!Hickchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569529847455539317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-3299201762693538202011-02-10T21:52:39.227-05:002011-02-10T21:52:39.227-05:00Marvelously summarized and noble in aim indeed. We...Marvelously summarized and noble in aim indeed. We attempt to do the same on a much less ambitious scale, but you guys are the real thing. Bravo.jack-of-all-thumbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890408896745938386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-51765562719419972362011-02-10T11:06:16.977-05:002011-02-10T11:06:16.977-05:00Well said!Well said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-44308925152301321422011-02-10T09:25:40.218-05:002011-02-10T09:25:40.218-05:00Love the post! That's exactly it!
Various pl...Love the post! That's exactly it! <br /><br />Various plants are able to tap various nutrients, each one with their own attributes. When composted it then becomes accessible to others.<br /><br />Funny how it is a foreign concept in this throw away world. When something is spent in nature, it is a resource for something else.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159095601570766616noreply@blogger.com