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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. Many have zero rural experience, connections, or history. We need more people in rural America to make a critical mass that will keep the livestock, equipment, and feed suppliers in business. These newcomers need a why.

Ruralism 101
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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