Comments on: So You Want My Job: Farmer http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/15/so-you-want-my-job-farmer/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:23:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yeoman http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/15/so-you-want-my-job-farmer/comment-page-1/#comment-100481 Yeoman Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:06:13 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3556#comment-100481 Man, I do want this guys job. In fact, I own cattle now. But what I really want to do is abandon my job as a litigator (lawyer) and just raise cattle. It's what I've always wanted to do. Sigh. . . it's something feels more remote to me every day. Man, I do want this guys job.

In fact, I own cattle now. But what I really want to do is abandon my job as a litigator (lawyer) and just raise cattle. It’s what I’ve always wanted to do.

Sigh. . . it’s something feels more remote to me every day.

]]> By: Craig http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/15/so-you-want-my-job-farmer/comment-page-1/#comment-72685 Craig Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:45:10 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3556#comment-72685 I enjoyed this read. I was not fortunate enough to grow up on a farm, and at 40 years old I think the sun may have already set on my dream of becoming a farmer. The main reason is highlighted in this story- it's too expensive, and I am too late to the game. I am not rich, and the mere idea of raising $4.5 million in capital for the land alone is ludicrous. I don't, however, believe that the model of "grow or die" in the context of acreage is sustainable. I also see bioengineering as a threat to heirloom crops, as well as the environment and human health. All of this Round-Up ready corn from Monsanto, and other products will be proven unsafe down the road, IMO. I do believe in subsistence farming, and that's my goal at this point. I'd like these corporate welfare queen agribusinesses to be a page in the history book before I die. I enjoyed this read. I was not fortunate enough to grow up on a farm, and at 40 years old I think the sun may have already set on my dream of becoming a farmer. The main reason is highlighted in this story- it’s too expensive, and I am too late to the game. I am not rich, and the mere idea of raising $4.5 million in capital for the land alone is ludicrous. I don’t, however, believe that the model of “grow or die” in the context of acreage is sustainable. I also see bioengineering as a threat to heirloom crops, as well as the environment and human health. All of this Round-Up ready corn from Monsanto, and other products will be proven unsafe down the road, IMO. I do believe in subsistence farming, and that’s my goal at this point. I’d like these corporate welfare queen agribusinesses to be a page in the history book before I die.

]]> By: jody dyess http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/15/so-you-want-my-job-farmer/comment-page-1/#comment-54412 jody dyess Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:53:11 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3556#comment-54412 cool article, i just started reading AoM and i love it. I am a young(29) year old dairy farmer i am fifth generation dairy farmer and i have owned my own farm for 6yrs i have been married for 8yrs and i have 3 kids. I agree that farming is a tough way of life, 2009 has been the worst year for the dairy business since the great depression however the challenges are all part of being a man, thats why i love this site because it encourages the strenuous life and as farmers thats what its all about. My cows have to be milked twice a day 365 days a years there are no days off with dairyfarming, However i do have family and employees that help. I have a college degree and when i left high school i never palned on farming for a living but the farther i got away from the land the more i realized how priveledged i was to grow up they way i did and all of the heritage and pride i had in providing food for a hungry world. I also feel blessed to be able to raise my kids the way i was raised and to spend time with my wife any time i want to(btw I actually do enjoy spending time with my wife), i am the only one left in my family to carry on the tradition of being a farmer, and I am humbled by the lifestyles of the men in my family that they have lived in order to provide for me and my family the opportunity to live like a man! cool article, i just started reading AoM and i love it. I am a young(29) year old dairy farmer i am fifth generation dairy farmer and i have owned my own farm for 6yrs i have been married for 8yrs and i have 3 kids. I agree that farming is a tough way of life, 2009 has been the worst year for the dairy business since the great depression however the challenges are all part of being a man, thats why i love this site because it encourages the strenuous life and as farmers thats what its all about. My cows have to be milked twice a day 365 days a years there are no days off with dairyfarming, However i do have family and employees that help. I have a college degree and when i left high school i never palned on farming for a living but the farther i got away from the land the more i realized how priveledged i was to grow up they way i did and all of the heritage and pride i had in providing food for a hungry world. I also feel blessed to be able to raise my kids the way i was raised and to spend time with my wife any time i want to(btw I actually do enjoy spending time with my wife), i am the only one left in my family to carry on the tradition of being a farmer, and I am humbled by the lifestyles of the men in my family that they have lived in order to provide for me and my family the opportunity to live like a man!

]]> By: Mitriy http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/15/so-you-want-my-job-farmer/comment-page-1/#comment-42436 Mitriy Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:23:18 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3556#comment-42436 Interesting read. The idea of subsistence framing has always appealed to my desires of self-sufficiency. Would anyone know the viability of such a pursuit in today’s consumerist society, and perhaps what costs would need to be considered? Interesting read. The idea of subsistence framing has always appealed to my desires of self-sufficiency. Would anyone know the viability of such a pursuit in today’s consumerist society, and perhaps what costs would need to be considered?

]]> By: sirostap http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/15/so-you-want-my-job-farmer/comment-page-1/#comment-39062 sirostap Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:08:10 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3556#comment-39062 It was hard work, and there were some lean times, but it made me a better man It was hard work, and there were some lean times, but it made me a better man

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