Comments on: The Top Story Of The Year (And Possibly Any Year) http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/ Personal website of author Doug Fine Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:38:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Harn Soper http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-34404 Harn Soper Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:44:31 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-34404 Good point. I'm new and a rusty to blogging. I'll update you directly on any progress here. My goal is for a non-profit to lead this. What ever makes sense to be sustainable. My best. Good point. I’m new and a rusty to blogging. I’ll update you directly on any progress here. My goal is for a non-profit to lead this. What ever makes sense to be sustainable. My best.

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-32754 OrgoCowboy Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:42:57 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-32754 Harn- Normally I don't allow any kind of solicitation or advertisements on this site, but besides allowing for some leeway for someone weaning from GMO, I like the idea of sustainability having the potential to be profitable (in the financial in addition to the spiritual and health senses). And of course I invite anyone who might indeed contact Harn to post their experiences here. But I should say that neither I nor anyone associated with me or this site endorses or otherwise supports or vouches for any claims made by Harn, and before investing anyone should consult with their own adviser and/or attorney. Harn- Normally I don’t allow any kind of solicitation or advertisements on this site, but besides allowing for some leeway for someone weaning from GMO, I like the idea of sustainability having the potential to be profitable (in the financial in addition to the spiritual and health senses).

And of course I invite anyone who might indeed contact Harn to post their experiences here. But I should say that neither I nor anyone associated with me or this site endorses or otherwise supports or vouches for any claims made by Harn, and before investing anyone should consult with their own adviser and/or attorney.

]]> By: Harn Soper http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-32547 Harn Soper Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:38:02 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-32547 I’m not up to speed on converting cool plants to solar except to create tools to make it financially feasible. However, I do have some thoughts on how to make sustainable farming an attractive investment for anyone, regardless of where your heart is on the subject. This idea is a work in progress and I have my tax guy looking into the concept of a Sustainable Farming Trust (SFT). Any farmers or investors out there who want to know what I have in mind with this funding/investment model, contact me. To a healthy and prosperous planet. I’m not up to speed on converting cool plants to solar except to create tools to make it financially feasible. However, I do have some thoughts on how to make sustainable farming an attractive investment for anyone, regardless of where your heart is on the subject. This idea is a work in progress and I have my tax guy looking into the concept of a Sustainable Farming Trust (SFT). Any farmers or investors out there who want to know what I have in mind with this funding/investment model, contact me. To a healthy and prosperous planet.

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-32531 OrgoCowboy Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:45:06 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-32531 Harn, that post is so awesome I don't know where to begin. I'll summarize: this is why I wrote Farewell, My Subaru, and a large part of how I think the world will be saved, allowing our species (not to mention hundreds of thousands of others) to live sustainably into the long-term future. Now, any ideas for converting coal plants to wind and solar? Harn, that post is so awesome I don’t know where to begin. I’ll summarize: this is why I wrote Farewell, My Subaru, and a large part of how I think the world will be saved, allowing our species (not to mention hundreds of thousands of others) to live sustainably into the long-term future. Now, any ideas for converting coal plants to wind and solar?

]]> By: Harn Soper http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-32481 Harn Soper Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:16:26 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-32481 Hello Doug, I’m just scratching the surface of your blog but have drunk the Kool-Aid on sustainable farming. My guiding definition of sustainability (god forbid Monsanto is already using the word) is: … to reach a greater level of economic and environmental sustainability, farming systems need to be as resistant to “shocks” as possible. Shocks are defined as unintended events in the natural environment or marketplace that can cause stress on the farming system.” I thought converting 974 acres of North West Iowa farm ground from the dark side of GMO/Roundup corn & beans to organic would be the challenge only to learn that managing the family side of the business with 71 stockholders spanning 4 generations to be the real challenge. So far so good but I expect that some day one of my cousins will remember when I pulled her pigtails at age 5 and my sustainable coalition will crumble. After beginning the organic transition of 400 acres to an alfalfa, oats and corn rotation, my next challenge is to put 260 acres into grass-fed livestock and veggies … finally something we can actually eat! In planning our own grass-fed cow/calf operation, I think the best description I’ve heard so far is “if it works, its line-breeding, if it doesn’t its inbreeding”. Harn Soper Soper Farms – Emmetsburg, Iowa Hello Doug,

I’m just scratching the surface of your blog but have drunk the Kool-Aid on sustainable farming. My guiding definition of sustainability (god forbid Monsanto is already using the word) is: … to reach a greater level of economic and environmental sustainability, farming systems need to be as resistant to “shocks” as possible. Shocks are defined as unintended events in the natural environment or marketplace that can cause stress on the farming system.”

I thought converting 974 acres of North West Iowa farm ground from the dark side of GMO/Roundup corn & beans to organic would be the challenge only to learn that managing the family side of the business with 71 stockholders spanning 4 generations to be the real challenge. So far so good but I expect that some day one of my cousins will remember when I pulled her pigtails at age 5 and my sustainable coalition will crumble.

After beginning the organic transition of 400 acres to an alfalfa, oats and corn rotation, my next challenge is to put 260 acres into grass-fed livestock and veggies … finally something we can actually eat! In planning our own grass-fed cow/calf operation, I think the best description I’ve heard so far is “if it works, its line-breeding, if it doesn’t its inbreeding”.

Harn Soper
Soper Farms – Emmetsburg, Iowa

]]> By: Robert http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-31854 Robert Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:53:06 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-31854 Weeding, shouldn't you get a goose or two to fix that for you? And I agree on the scythe, it's far more ergonomic, and far more fun. It's very difficult at first as well, so you can give it to friends and visitors and laugh when they utterly fail. Comedy and Economics in one useful farming tool. Can't beat the price! Weeding, shouldn’t you get a goose or two to fix that for you? And I agree on the scythe, it’s far more ergonomic, and far more fun. It’s very difficult at first as well, so you can give it to friends and visitors and laugh when they utterly fail. Comedy and Economics in one useful farming tool. Can’t beat the price!

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-30873 OrgoCowboy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:46:44 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-30873 Goats in the garden: recipe for disaster. At this time of year, at long as they didn't trample or eat the drip lines, the pea net posts or the tomato stands, you're right: they couldn't do much harm. But when I think of all the effort, over several years, to build marginally goat-proof garden fencing, I tremble at the thought of encouraging the little Pans to investigate and (shudder) to -like- what they find inside this forbidden area. Because soon, ya know, my FOOD is going to be growing in there. Goats in the garden: recipe for disaster. At this time of year, at long as they didn’t trample or eat the drip lines, the pea net posts or the tomato stands, you’re right: they couldn’t do much harm. But when I think of all the effort, over several years, to build marginally goat-proof garden fencing, I tremble at the thought of encouraging the little Pans to investigate and (shudder) to -like- what they find inside this forbidden area. Because soon, ya know, my FOOD is going to be growing in there.

]]> By: Eric http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-30417 Eric Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:36:48 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-30417 Speaking of weeds. The goats don't like the weeds? Speaking of weeds. The goats don’t like the weeds?

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-30385 OrgoCowboy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:02:05 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-30385 Hey man, this is Latin America -- we do everything with machetes, from flossing to parking enforcement. But the site looks cool -- beautiful photo on the home page, and I'll keep it in mind. Hey man, this is Latin America — we do everything with machetes, from flossing to parking enforcement. But the site looks cool — beautiful photo on the home page, and I’ll keep it in mind.

]]> By: Reed http://www.dougfine.com/2010/03/09/the-top-story-of-the-year-and-possibly-any-year-welcoming-new-members-to-the-interspecies-neighborhood-and-simultaneously-discovering-that-one%e2%80%99s-muscular-rotations-are-in-sync-with-a-larger/comment-page-1/#comment-30364 Reed Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:02:13 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=699#comment-30364 Hi Doug, why not "scythe" (mow?) with a scythe? http://www.scytheconnection.com/ http://www.scythesupply.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugSO54WKm8I Hi Doug, why not “scythe” (mow?) with a scythe?

http://www.scytheconnection.com/
http://www.scythesupply.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugSO54WKm8I

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