But there’s a big difference between ogling barn listings online and standing knee-deep in pig manure. As farmer and agricultural consultant Rebecca Thistlethwaite — who gives “bootstrapping” seminars to aspiring new farmers — puts it, the vision of “sitting in a lawn chair, overlooking the pasture, raising a glass of wine” is fodder for a rude awakening. How do you negotiate the gap between farm fantasy and reality? modernfarmer/2014/09/want-farmer/
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:00:01 +0000