Want to be a farmer?

August 24, 2010

I read an article about farm stays in the US. Vacationers can reserve time away at a working farm.  ” A back to the land experience”.  ”The most satisfying approach to these trips is to wholly embrace unplugged living”. September 2010 issue of Whole Living

I am familiar with this type of living because I grew up on a small ranch. I didn’t appreciate the simpleness of my upbringing until I had children of my own. When we would visit my parents, my dad would take the kids out to feed the cows with him every morning. He would let them sit on his lap and drive the tractor. It was thrilling for them. He would make a slide for them in the barn with stacks of hay. It was a amusement park of dirt, mud and livestock. They loved it. It was a rich, imaginative environment for them. They were farmers and cowboys.

My children are and were completely unaware of the education they were getting. To them understanding that what you eat comes from the animals or food you raise was common knowledge. Like me, they won’t appreciate the value of whole living until they have children of their own.

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