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HOMESTEAD TSUNAMI

The Lunatic Farmer

They don’t watch TV all evening; they can tomatoes and chase fireflies in the meadow. Old ecological farmer geezers like me see these newcomers as the most exciting thing to happen in a long time. They don’t go to movies; they build campfires by the pond and watch the moon rise on summer nights.

Ruralism 100
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Power, Profit, and Diversified Farming

ATTRA

Here, the clover struggles for light beneath the overstretched vines, and crabgrass and small amaranth seedlings dream of sunlit meadows or the turnrows of a cornfield. She tells me she hasn’t turned a profit since the first rows were laid out and the virgin meadow soil was tilled. What do the tomatoes say in return? What’s missing?

Farming 40