❓ Why Scotland's Chicken Ban is a Threat to Our Freedom?
🎙️ Regulations are extending into personal spaces, with Scotland considering a ban on keeping backyard chickens. This raises questions about where the line will be drawn—will growing your own potatoes or having fruit trees be next? As property owners, what are our rights when it comes to utilizing our land?
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In another dispatch for #hispanicheritagemonth here are some facts around who is growing your food:
Nearly 80% of all farm workers in the US identify as Latino, but only 3% actually own their farms. I'm so proud to work for an organization, Connected Chef, that sees this tremendous disparity and aims to do something about it. 80% of the produce we distribute comes from BIPOC-owned and operated farms with the majority of that coming from two NY-based farms: Angel Family Farms and Grandpa Farms.
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Excellent article about my clients business Mayberry Farms in Mayville, Wisconsin.
They received a grant to help them grow their honey, strawberry and goat milk soap business.
Exciting things are happening in Mayville! Read all about it in link in comments.
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🌽 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 #𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸! Did you know that there are over 8,000 farmers markets in the US alone? As beloved #ThirdPlaces and #PublicSpaces, farmers markets strengthen resilience in communities. They are often the safe, accessible, attractive, and inclusive places where we gather, interact with others, and celebrate what connects us all—history, culture, and people. Pictured: Flint Farmers Market
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The cowboy is an iconic symbol of western heritage, but the profession is not merely historic: Today’s ranching community still utilizes ranch hands every day. While most hands either grew up on a ranch or have extensive experience with them, not all ranch managers require years of cattle-raising experience from their cowboys. Several ranch managers and hands have shared what these operations look for in ranch hands.
· A broad-based set of skills. Horsemanship is just one ingredient that makes up qualified ranch hands, says Mike Armitage, owner of A Bar Ranch in Oklahoma.
· Ranching experience. Ed Farmer Beggs II, owner and manager of Beggs Cattle Co. in Aledo, Texas, wants his hands to contribute to the process of calming the cattle while encouraging them to grow in his cow-calf operation.
· How you handle yourself. It’s all about how you handle yourself around the cattle, Ed reiterates – they remember how they’re handled. You want to be easy and gentle with them; you don’t want to be too rough or too quick with livestock.
· Finding joy in completing tasks. As head trainer at Tee Cross Ranches in North Pueblo, Colorado, 22-year-old J. D. Wing says: Every day is a challenge, and when you can accomplish something and get it finished, there’s no better feeling.
· Basic understanding of cattle care, feeding and watering. Alex Carone, manager at Singleton Ranch in New Mexico, says previous ranching experience comes in handy here. And being a good ranch hand is more than speaking cowboy slang.
· Some higher education. Mike of A Bar Ranch says he has seen an influx of graduates from equine and livestock programs at universities applying for positions at ranches, and it’s been a boon for the management of his operation.
· Love and appreciation for livestock and livestock management. Whether it be the care of the horse, the care of a newborn calf or the care of the equipment that we maintain the ranch with, it’s all overlapping, Mike says. So ranchers try to find ranch hands who have compassion and deep-seated knowledge about the industry.
· Desire to learn. Many times, you can be taught the other stuff. It helps if you have an idea of how to work with horses and cattle, says Clayton Schlenger, a hand at Pitzer Ranch in Ericson, Nebraska. The more knowledge you have prior to starting, the better. But at the same time, some ranches are pretty willing to take you on if you will listen and are willing to learn.
· Realize you’re going to work hard – very hard. A cowboy life is not easy. These experts all agree – the hours are long, work can be strenuous and sometimes monotonous and there are a myriad of challenges. This is why experience is helpful.
· Be humble and hardworking. When you humble yourself without trying to impress somebody, you learn, and you’ll end up with a job offer.
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I know Brooks Lamb, the author this article, and we work together in preserving working family farms. He talks about his family farm in middle Tennessee, but here in the eastern part of our state we are going through the same issues. If you want to know more about how you can keep local east TN farmland productive please reach out to me.
It's National Farmers Market Week! Farmers markets serve as community hubs. ...we eat, shop, connect, and more! Across the country, farmers markets are defining their role in our
communities. Markets are not only essential to local food systems, but they also increase opportunities for us to learn, grow, and work together. Farmers markets are designed in partnership with the people they serve and create a space where market operators, farmers, shoppers, and neighbors can collaborate to meet the evolving needs of their community. What change is your market working to make?
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