One thing that is so important to the farmlands are the rural communities. Every small town, used to have plenty of local farms and locals working and living...Supporting the community. The US has gone away from this. Every town needs to promote farmers markets with locally grown produce. Who ever can run for their local city counsel, please do and make it happen!! It's up to all of us.
You are such an inspiration. My and my son in law and daughter bought some property. I live in the little house on about 1 acre. I’ve started some raised beds with tomatoes, cucumbers and zinnias and marigolds. Starting small.
What a wonderful thing you are doing & fantastic for you to think of writing about your journey. I will share your newsletter to help get the word out.
We definitely do not want the giant agricultural companies to buy it all, so destructive to the environment. I was raised on a small farm, in a small town. It’s a great life.
Has anyone visited England? See all the farms everywhere. Locals grow gardens. The US has become one major corporation farming to ship overseas. We need local farms. No farms No food.
Alexandra, been reading you since you began building the barn. Love to see your progress. Consider adding your site to @lizreitzig Directory of ag and farm sites on here. We’re attempting to organize since SS won’t give us our own tab. Also it appears that your generation can leverage your facility with social media to help these farmers get their word out in exchange for produce, land rent etc. I see a co-op there
Growing produce and selling at farmers markets is definitely the way to do it. I have a childhood friend whose family did that because they had low acreage. They still have chickens to sell eggs, apples, vegetables, pumpkins in the fall, and make jams.
Yes! I mean, it’s a lot of work (as farming can be) and you kind of have to tailor what you grow and do for people’s tastes a bit but it’s definitely do-able.
I’m a small acreage farmer and I see my farmer neighbors and friends retiring and or just giving up as the cost is too high, the benefits to little. I have experienced three years in a row crop failures because of climate change. My neighbor use to get two harvest a year even three now down to one. It is hard work and so little help and mow without migrating farm workers no one to pick harvest or to plant harvest. I’m 66 and probably will do this a couple of more years then decide if I should sell or just have a home garden. You can expect food shortages to start within in the next 6 to 8 weeks
I have shared your newsletter - thank you for your inspiration. Keep inspiring and showing us all how it can be done! :) Love from a Canadian grandma xx
I've met soooo many young farmers in search of land. Most end up leasing, but then sooner or later the land-owner decides to do something else, and all that work is for naught. I gave up myself years ago, and have accepted that working for other farmers is the best option for now, until there's a real estate crash, or a stroke of luck.
I've also met older farmers who bought their piece for less than $10,000 way back in the day, or inherited it, and now want a quarter million. Yeah that's not gonna work.
Of course there is some cheap land out there, but it's usually cheap for a reason. Not that a person can't make it work, but it's good to know why it hasn't been farmed yet.
It's become very clear to me why, when a country has a socialist revolution, one of the first things they do is land reform, and redistribute from large land-owners to peasants.
I wonder how the USDA programs are being affected by the cuts?
I see a farmer who’s middle aged son is slowly being enticed back. I think there’s a large pool of “farming ambivalent” sons who could quickly jump back into it with just a small bit of encouragement.
One thing that is so important to the farmlands are the rural communities. Every small town, used to have plenty of local farms and locals working and living...Supporting the community. The US has gone away from this. Every town needs to promote farmers markets with locally grown produce. Who ever can run for their local city counsel, please do and make it happen!! It's up to all of us.
You are such an inspiration. My and my son in law and daughter bought some property. I live in the little house on about 1 acre. I’ve started some raised beds with tomatoes, cucumbers and zinnias and marigolds. Starting small.
That’s the best way to do it!
What a wonderful thing you are doing & fantastic for you to think of writing about your journey. I will share your newsletter to help get the word out.
We definitely do not want the giant agricultural companies to buy it all, so destructive to the environment. I was raised on a small farm, in a small town. It’s a great life.
Good luck to you. 💙💙
Has anyone visited England? See all the farms everywhere. Locals grow gardens. The US has become one major corporation farming to ship overseas. We need local farms. No farms No food.
I have many times! England is my inspo
Alexandra, been reading you since you began building the barn. Love to see your progress. Consider adding your site to @lizreitzig Directory of ag and farm sites on here. We’re attempting to organize since SS won’t give us our own tab. Also it appears that your generation can leverage your facility with social media to help these farmers get their word out in exchange for produce, land rent etc. I see a co-op there
Yes! Social media I do believe will be used in that way
Growing produce and selling at farmers markets is definitely the way to do it. I have a childhood friend whose family did that because they had low acreage. They still have chickens to sell eggs, apples, vegetables, pumpkins in the fall, and make jams.
It really is! I feel like not many people realize it’s a lucrative path?!
Yes! I mean, it’s a lot of work (as farming can be) and you kind of have to tailor what you grow and do for people’s tastes a bit but it’s definitely do-able.
I’m a small acreage farmer and I see my farmer neighbors and friends retiring and or just giving up as the cost is too high, the benefits to little. I have experienced three years in a row crop failures because of climate change. My neighbor use to get two harvest a year even three now down to one. It is hard work and so little help and mow without migrating farm workers no one to pick harvest or to plant harvest. I’m 66 and probably will do this a couple of more years then decide if I should sell or just have a home garden. You can expect food shortages to start within in the next 6 to 8 weeks
I have shared your newsletter - thank you for your inspiration. Keep inspiring and showing us all how it can be done! :) Love from a Canadian grandma xx
Awww thank you 🙏
I've met soooo many young farmers in search of land. Most end up leasing, but then sooner or later the land-owner decides to do something else, and all that work is for naught. I gave up myself years ago, and have accepted that working for other farmers is the best option for now, until there's a real estate crash, or a stroke of luck.
I've also met older farmers who bought their piece for less than $10,000 way back in the day, or inherited it, and now want a quarter million. Yeah that's not gonna work.
Of course there is some cheap land out there, but it's usually cheap for a reason. Not that a person can't make it work, but it's good to know why it hasn't been farmed yet.
It's become very clear to me why, when a country has a socialist revolution, one of the first things they do is land reform, and redistribute from large land-owners to peasants.
I wonder how the USDA programs are being affected by the cuts?
I see a farmer who’s middle aged son is slowly being enticed back. I think there’s a large pool of “farming ambivalent” sons who could quickly jump back into it with just a small bit of encouragement.
Good article and good luck with your farming career.
Blackrock. Duh