OMG

[bae]

See also the great selection for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/1...gseth-00189221

Combined with Trump's proposal to set up a "warrior board" to review our serving 3/4 star senior military officers and to recommend dismissal of anyone “lacking in requisite leadership qualities”.

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/trump-...-masse-report/

Well, looks like Hegseth may have some issues with sexual assault. I'm shocked, shocked.

[cx3]

I know nothing about these two nominees in question. However, I do love the Massie and Joel Salatin combo for USDA. Planned our vacation around a tour of Polyface farm this past summer. Love Joel's sustainable farming practices.

[jp1]

Welcome to the fourth turning everyone. It’s gonna be a bumpy ride…

[LDAHL]

Welcome to the fourth turning everyone. It’s gonna be a bumpy ride…

I don’t know why people like you and Steve Bannon set such store by such crackpottery.

[LDAHL]

I see Gaetz is now out of the running. I would have thought he’d have been really difficult to confirm, given his past silliness and self-aggrandizement, much less his unsavory personal life.

[catherine]

I know nothing about these two nominees in question. However, I do love the Massie and Joel Salatin combo for USDA. Planned our vacation around a tour of Polyface farm this past summer. Love Joel's sustainable farming practices.

If any good comes out of this crazy administration in terms of things I can really get behind it's the odd bedfellows of Trump and RFK Jr. While I don't subscribe to RFK's anti-vax stuff, I'm thrilled about his taking on Big Ag. I really hope his appointment wasn't just for show and that he's given latitude to make real change. A collaboration with Joel Salatin would be a very good start.

[iris lilies]

If any good comes out of this crazy administration in terms of things I can really get behind it's the odd bedfellows of Trump and RFK Jr. While I don't subscribe to RFK's anti-vax stuff, I'm thrilled about his taking on Big Ag. I really hope his appointment wasn't just for show and that he's given latitude to make real change. A collaboration with Joel Salatin would be a very good start.

So, should we sell our share of our family farm in the heart of Big Ag country?

[catherine]

So, should we sell our share of our family farm in the heart of Big Ag country?

I certainly would never presume to tell you what you should or shouldn't do with your family farm--the operative word is "family" farm. I don't know exactly how your family runs your farm, but I know that the food industries subcontract with small and large farmers, so it's not a black and white issue. Small farm vs big industrial farm operation, etc.

However, I just feel the needle needs to start to point in a different direction. There are so few small farms left these days. There are so many independent farmers under the thumb of multi-national companies. Farming practices today are not sustainable. I would like to see a trend emerge where smaller regenerative, bio-intensive farms pick up the pace.

[bae]

However, I just feel the needle needs to start to point in a different direction. There are so few small farms left these days. There are so many independent farmers under the thumb of multi-national companies. Farming practices today are not sustainable. I would like to see a trend emerge where smaller regenerative, bio-intensive farms pick up the pace.

I own a large share, and serve on the board, of perhaps the largest agricultural operation in my county, and have for ~25 years now.

Most of our products are "organic", "salmon-safe", and half a dozen other trendy labels.

Our practices create topsoil, instead of depleting it. We have been able to restore the salmon stream that runs through our land, and the salmon are returning. We pay a living wage to our workers. We do not import many inputs to our production from off-island.

I believe our farming practices are quite sustainable, by design and craft.

When I look around at the hundreds of farms in my county, the increasing amount of good land that is going back into production, the increasing number of younger folks getting involved in agriculture, the protection we are giving to the land to keep it from being turned into McMansions, and the sensible practices being used on the land, I am heartened.

[catherine]

I own a large share, and serve on the board, of perhaps the largest agricultural operation in my county, and have for ~25 years now.

Most of our products are "organic", "salmon-safe", and half a dozen other trendy labels.

Our practices create topsoil, instead of depleting it. We have been able to restore the salmon stream that runs through our land, and the salmon are returning. We pay a living wage to our workers. We do not import many inputs to our production from off-island.

I believe our farming practices are quite sustainable, by design and craft.

When I look around at the hundreds of farms in my county, the increasing amount of good land that is going back into production, the increasing number of younger folks getting involved in agriculture, the protection we are giving to the land to keep it from being turned into McMansions, and the sensible practices being used on the land, I am heartened.

That is wonderful to hear! And so good to hear about the salmon! On my East Coast islands, there are a dozen small farmers within 30 minutes of me, most certified organic and the others growing sustainably but can't afford the certification. I can walk to one farm that has an honor system fridge on the road, and the others are less than 20-45 minutes away, and we have robust farmers markets every weekend. My DIL is a horticulturist on an organic farm. So things are definitely happening here as well.

I'd love to hear more about your share on your large operation. How does that work?