Modern Day Farming Doesn't Work 

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We raise beef and Lamb. More people are asking us locally for lamb. I think the tide has turned. People want to know how their meat is raised. Where it came from and even how many pokes. I give eggs away to neighbors, and in return, they give me things. Win win!

Raising rabbits, chickens, sheep, and pigs I maybe break even and only because I raise extra finished pasture hogs to sell. But it’s not a business for me it’s all for home and family consumption so it profits me by not having to buy meat and eggs every week.

Zac, you must have gotten a lot of crap for your chicken range story. I prep even though people in my own family don't/won't understand. I tried gardening last year. It was a disaster. This year, it's a little better. I need to learn what grows best in this crappy soil. Taters lookin' ok so far. You keep it up. I've learned a bunch ftom you. Have a blessed day...

I’m pre paying for beef while it’s on the ground. From a few Ranchers. Yes I may have to make up the difference in final cost but they are ours… the ranchers gets paid directly. You know you’re supporting a real Patriot not a corporation that hates you.

Started raising rabbits on my mother's small suburban lot in 2020. First year, invested in infrastructure (extremely humble infrastructure) and learned, learned, learned. Second year, pushed the capacity to the limit and gave away most of what I raised to neighbors, friends, and family to see if anyone valued what I was doing. Guess what? Not one neighbor, not one friend, and not one family member gave a damn. In fact, they thought I was nuts for doing it. The third and fourth years have been about efficiency and producing just enough for myself and my dog as I became persona non-grata and the butt of every joke. Most people are still in complete denial of what is coming, uhmm, what is already here. My only hope is that they figure it out in time so I can scale up production and meet the demand before its too late. If they don't, every neighbor, every friend, and every family member will turn into a killer monkey. Things don't have to get ugly, but it is getting harder and harder to see how to avoid that reality since most people are wicked stupid.

Here, in Wisconsin, food stamp recipients and seniors are eligible to receive $36 in vouchers to use at local farmers markets. I am a vendor at 2 local farmers markets and we fundraise money to match those dollars. Those state vouchers can only be used on fresh vegetables and fruit. The matched dollars can be used for any food item at the market. So, if they buy $9 worth of green beans and tomatoes, they receive $9 in farmers market vouchers to use. Many of the people using them purchase locally raised meat or cheese or even more veggies. We've also partnered with 2 local doctors who will write prescriptions for their patients to use to purchase fresh veggies. Those doctors fundraised to be able to partner with the farmers market.

Where I grew up on a Canadian prairie farm, the reality of subsidies was a hard pill to swallow for my dad. In his view, it was unwanted and harmful government policies in the first place creating the need for the government to step in. After my folks passed on my older brother and his wife tried their best to keep the farm in the family, but the draw to employment with the nearby sodium sulphate plant became too strong to refuse due to impossible rising costs of maintaining machinery and too many other economic realities of farming. My brother and his wife are now both retiring with very substantial retirement packages from the plant after the last 30 plus years of making very good wages. Despite the decision to sell the farm and the success they've had, if you asked them if they would have preferred the quality of life the farm offered over life "in town", they would without hesitation say absolutely. Oh and by the way, the government owns the sodium sulphate plant. In my mind this presents an interesting example of the way government can give, and it can take away. My dad resented waiting for a cheque from a government that operated this way. Carla

Man you're not kidding. I started storing food and there were times between jobs we had to go to a food bank.I was shocked when they said oh please take as many of the dried beans, rice or vegetables and fruits as you want nobody takes them. I have about 2 years of beans and rice if that was all we ate . Any extra vegetables I just cleaned cut up and froze. I got dried milk ,flour ingredients of all kinds. People just leave what they can't just put in a microwave. I have my grandma's cook book. I will make food I don't care I will find a way.

GREAT VIDEO ZACK! Imperative for people to hear this...too many eggs in one basket. Need flexibility and skills.

People need to stop thinking about making money. If you do you will never make enough. Grow your own food and you will servive

Zach is 100% correct. The bulk of our income come from sheep, but that is one paycheck per year. I sell beef on the halves and wholes, we sell some extra hay, i cut extra firewood to sell, we have made a vegetable stand to sell extra produce, and i also saw lumber for folks. I also work part time of homestead.

More people need to watch Soylent Green... Because here we COME......

One of your best post. You speak truth. Thank You.

Zac, just like most business start ups, they think they will be profitable in a matter of months. It takes at least year to get anything started and be profitable. One needs to be great at what they do as well as enjoy it. If not it's all just work. Homesteading is all about being self sufficient. If one can help those around as well through extra harvest, skills, etc. the better for the community. As you say the more skills one has the better. Stack skills as well as silver.

I'm diversified (goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits and a really big garden) but focus on sustaining myself and extended family. Occasionally sell some of my stuff but by no means rely on it for my existence.

Have you considered a model where you had 100 homes paying 30-50 / month. That's 3000-5000 / month. Mix of rabbits, chickens, ducks, produce, fruits, lamb, goats. Given time you could even build a greenhouse and raise produce year round. Realistically even the rich and wealthy always have multiple streams of income. Those who rely on a single source of income are in a precarious state.

Growing Beef on just 1 Acre of Grass!!!!!!! I’ve always had 1 rule when it comes to our farming/homesteading journey…it either has to make us money or save us money. We make most of our farm income through blueberries. But we’ve also found we can save quite a bit of money on store bought beef by growing our own and we are doing this on only 1 acre of grass. Some folks say you can’t do what we are doing but when I put up 350 pounds of beef annually for much cheaper than grocery store cost I feel like I’m doing something right. For reference, we are located in North Alabama so rainfall is good annually and we grow plenty of grass in the summer months. For our setup, we are on a 2 year rotation buying a calf every fall and taking a heifer to butcher every fall. We only keep 2 head at a time so this provides 2 years to take a 250-300 pound calf and grow them out to a 1,000 pound animal ready to butcher. We normally receive around 350 pounds of beef back from the butcher. As stated, we don’t have any problems growing grass in summer but I understand that might not be the case in all areas. We do keep hay available year round but its consumption goes down drastically during the summer when grass is growing. I normally use around 10 4x5 round bales annually and can normally purchase these for $50-$60 per roll in my area. One of the best things I did was build a small run-in shelter with hay feeding area. This prevents the cows from wasting any hay which definitely helps keep costs lower. I also spend a little money on grain to finish them out. Our local co-op sells a mix I buy in bulk for .18 cents per pound. Total costs come in around $1750 per animal. This includes $400 for the calf, $550 for hay, $300 for grain (corn mix) to finish and $500 for butcher cost. Getting back approx 350 pounds of beef puts me at roughly $5 per pound of beef. That’s $5 for ground beef AND steaks/roast. Just posting to help inspire others. There are definitely some up front costs to start including fencing, panels, water trough etc but once you get started the costs annually are very reasonable considering the beef you get back.

Hay and grass, really good advice. I live in droughty area. Time to sell n move to one of the zones that get 50 plus inches of rain a year. Your area usually nice and green. My sister in Waverly Tenn always green, Even my sister near Dallas, gets more rain than my 5 to 14 inches a year here in Tehachapi, Ca. Thanks Zac, common sense is not common.

My home is paid for, my cars are paid for. I have chickens and have started 19 fruit trees. I hope to grow as I can. I do not ever expect to make a profit. I hope to make food for my community when there is no food on the shelves.

Farm Aid 2024 is in Saratoga New York Sept 21st. JCM and Willie Nelson are slated to be there along with others.

I homestead because I wanted to farm and realized that unless you somehow get a good deal on 500+ acres it's just not possible small scale.

It is a shame that not more help is given to farmers. The only small success stories around me in Canada are little farms that already have their clients, mostly restaurants, csa, farmers market. And they need to chase around for their money. That’s not a life. Split in half between growing and selling and on top of that, needing a part time job to subsidies.

Would love to see you do some detailed videos on being a better grass farmer . I started at the first of this year raising a flock of sheep and it's been a sharp learning curve , but its also been a blessing in so many ways .

I'm here near grand rapids MI. For those in urban areas learn permuculture and do edible landscaping people are waking up. If you know how to grow perennials and make it look good be a foodscaper.

I lived in St Louis for years and never knew that about the ferries. And we lived in Riverview…

Thanks for the info,just moved to the Ozark and in the process of preparing my land, for my family and when things get even more crazy and people get even more desperate.I grew up in the city and was raised on my Granpa/ Grandma farm in which I've learned alot about animal husbandry and gardening, I also gotten alot of informative information from you and Doug and Stacy too.I'm now a over the road trucker for 24 yrs now,i see and seen alot of what your speaking about now and have been,im seeing it out here even more now, times are about to get really bad, i pray that you take head off what's being said, get land and grow your own and raise your own so you can eat your own,it may be a Lil hard and challenging, yet the rewards from it is definitely worth it.Stay blessed 🫡

Spot on. We always tell people new in the lifestyle that they have to diversify their income. Sell extra veggies, berries when they’re in season, create a U pick, beef, milk, cheese, animal offspring, eggs, processing services, educational workshops, a blog… diversify.

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Gen Z couple entered their local farm store. “Has our chics come in yet?” Clerk says yes sir got another hundred in the back for you. I gotta ask though that’s 300 chics in 6 weeks. Your farm is doing well.” “Not really.” the Z’er says. “We figured to move out of the city, start a farm and raise our own food. It’s hard work and we are figuring things out. We think we keep planting the chicks too deep.” 😏

2020 opened my eyes about our food. Since, I started gardening, buying only from local farmers, especially meat. I do not buy any processed food anymore. Period!!

A Jack of all Trades is a master of none, but often better than a master of one

Maybe I am wrong. But I am not doing any of this for money I work a 9-5. But I am teaching my self how to survive and raise my own food. Some success lot of failures. But I feel it is better to learn these lesson now before it really matters. Which I think it will soon. If it never gets bad I learned some good lessons and had some fun. The huge investment of infrastructure is where I think a lot of people go wrong. The first thing I ask myself is how was it done two hundred years ago. And I then experiment and see if it viable today.

You have to sell to rich people. Rich people will pay the premium. Stop trying to sell to broke people that want $1 per pound tomatoes from Walmart

Farm Rats, Reptile and Raptor breeders globally pay a premium for clean fat rats.

92% of farms in California do not receive government subsidy. I’m surrounded by 2000 family owned farms producing 100 ag commodities. … 33 cattle ranches, dairy farms and fishing port. One neighbor grows coffee, one grows avocados and the other is a beekeeper. The most food secure location in the country with the best weather in the world. Ventura County, California😎👍 (Home of the Dallas Cowboys training center for over 20 years)

11:31 I find an issue with new farmers/homesteaders is that they take on too much for someone who has never done it before. People who are used to having a lot of downtime in their days have romantic ideas of life on the land, but it means getting up at dawn to say, milk the cows (and doing it again 12 hrs later) then spending the rest of the day mucking the stalls, repairing equipment, planting/harvesting hay or grain, checking and repairing fences, checking the livestock for their health, record-keeping of the animals, record-keeping grain and/or hay production, checking and repairing buildings- not to mention the the work needed in their own vegetable gardens if they have it - and all that doesn’t include housework. I’m basing this on my experiences growing up on a dairy farm, where all we had was the cows, feed crops and vegetable garden. I always felt that newbies should start small and work their way up to more of whatever they want to do, instead of deciding they want cattle, chickens, sheep, pigs and grow the feed for all of them, plus their own vegetable garden. I don’t know, am I wrong in this thought?

One of the largest farms in our area admits that they are basically "farming the govt."....

I know people who farm just because of government subsidies.. they get paid at times NOT to plant!

Thank you Zach!

Would you consider the market gardener model, like Jean-Martin Fortier, to be farming?

Property tax in our county just rose 30% farmers or agricultural is 36%😢

WAR KLIM There is an ad for this about an hour away from me and I messaged her she wanted $35 a gallon she said she gave a discount if I return the jars. I said well I can bring my own jars and she wanted $15 a gallon.

You don't farm to get rich, you farm to have a rich life.

I have been watching your videos since the beginning. I am a Vietnam veteran and Cold War veteran. 10 years active. 12 B. I dug a hole in the ground to water my garden half acre lake. I put my raised bed garden under a roof. 3ea. 4 x24 feet. Instead of telling people how they are going to fail why don’t you teach them how to succeed. Show them. I got out as staff sergeant. They paid me to think. You should do the same

1 word......AMISH.....if you know you know

I am glad that even though you don't do new2torrah anymore, you are still edifying and teaching the people. Or, in your words, giving your thoughts as a brother and fellow human being. I m so fed up with all these self appointed men allowing people to call them pastor or teacher elevating themselves above what they are. self appointed men that want glory for themselves. you have always said, don't call me pastor, don't call me teacher, don't send me money, I have a job. Thank you for not allowing your gifts to get to your head. thousands of people have been encouraged and helped through your words. It is a refreshing thing that you ask nothing in return. I have been following you for years and you have not changed your stance on that while still putting forth info and guidance as a brother and fellow human. I hope that Yah blesses you with many more years of abundance and prosperity. And you meaning your whole family and homestead, shalom.

If the birds cost $41 to raise, you're right, they're doing something wrong. The "free" govt $$'s come from my 60+ hrs week (46% I don't see) jobs. Decentralize food, I'd be ok with that.😊

In the 1980’s my stepdad was literally paid to THROW AWAY milk. This was a small medium size dairy in Kentucky. He had to prove he had the animals, however he could not private sell. He had to prove in writing how much milk he disposed of. Don’t judge him. This was happening all over the place during this time. This was very profitable. We worked tobacco and he also had a full time job in the city.

Good video...I think most people would love to buy small farm and local meat, but they just can't afford it. Yes, it is raised ethically and is much better for you, but so many people now are on such tight budgets that they are watching every penny.

Oh no you said war klim the right way, this video is going to get taken down.

So you just PROVED that 90% of the food "is controlled" by the government. Farmers get paid every month FOR SOLAR PANELS, plus government subsidized

We have done land clearing, helped build garden beds for customers, we used to sell klim war, we have bred and sold chick's, chickens, an we had an egg business with nearly 1,000 hens, we cut down and chopped and sold firewood (very hard work in the mountains), built and sold bee hives, we sold wild blackberries in 8 oz clam shells through a distributor, we harvest and dry organic elderberries, we sell heirloom seeds and now we have have just started with our first 120 sheep. Throw on top of that, that my wife is a midwife and I can attest to the FACT, modern day homesteading requires many irons in the fire. I will say, I have a job. I just went back to work as a lumber grader (hopefully not forever), and my oldest son builds log homes. My oldest daughter has started a girls Torah magazine with a friend. Our family of 10 stays busy, but for the most part, we stay busy together. It seems chaotic but we love it. Hustling, working, and building our home as a unit has been wonderful. I have always discouraged my children from seeking a college education because of how radical colleges have become, and instead to focus on developing actual skills. And $43 a chicken? That's insane. We have done 100 chicken groups for under $800, and we usually get together with friends and slaughter and butcher them in a matter of a few hours while having a wonderful time with friends. Everyone goes home with fresh chicken as well. That channel spends more money on their processing than we spend on everything. They simply have no idea what they are doing.

Not long ago I heard, maybe here, that Bill Gates was espousing eating bugs for protein and doing away with real meat. Because cow farts are dangerous? I know they eat bugs in third world countries however, we don't live in one of those...yet. I bet if given the choice, those people would opt for a nice hot steak rather than a grub any day. Maybe I'll go into the the maggot raising business?? Thanks for sharing.

Always vote in your local elections... Rebuild your local government from the bottom up... Build a community around you that shares your values.

Subsidized farming is an admission of failure. It's not profitable. Why not subsidize organic standards and manual labor?

In addition to what you say, Zach (Which is all very true- farming has become a giant welfare scheme!), what we need to concentrate on as homesteaders is raising/growing/making the things WE need, and just doing ancillary little things for a little cash. To me, a good deal of the purpose of this lifestyle is to be free from reliance on the money economy, and from any government and corporate interference. This also helps keep one's income below taxable level- and just what ya save in paying taxes + not having to narc on yourself to the IRS, is a GIANT step toward freedom. I see so many "homesteaders" especially here on YT) who have hundreds of thousands of dollars in vehicles and equipment; a fancy house, etc. and lots of debt and taxes. THAT is not homesteading IMO. That's just living in the country and playing farmer (Their wives usually have well-paying jobs which support their lifestyle!). BTW: Miss your other channel, but props to you for doing the right thing!

I get that people are scared that society might collapse, but I don’t think that is the primary motivating factor to me. In modernity everything is abstracted. We get paper from our jobs to spend on things we need, but yet we are removed from the most primal aspect of all lifeforms, obtaining food. We don’t go to work for food, we go to work for money. We don’t work because we need food, we work because we want more money. Our entire world wants you to work as much as possible so that the system can continuously grow. It wants more slaves. Once you realize you are a slave and you have the capacity to not be, there’s not another option but to become independent.

Most small farms now survive on social media payouts...videos everyday.. some are pulling in 11 to 20 thousand a month..Not bad. Take a few classes and learn to project yourself in front of a camera. That's where the money is. Not on farming just practicing farming. Farming is your prop.

We’ve gotten to a point of feeding way too many people cheaply… there’s no way to stop without causing insane crisis. As I have cows/hay farmers buddies tell me… I can’t afford to keep going and I can’t afford to quit! 🤷‍♂️

So glad we have farming/ranching co-ops where I live. Go to a local 2 locally owned grocery stores with real butchers. Hell you can see quarters and halves hanging from tall racks in their giant walk-in meat lockers! If you want a particular cut just ask politely and if you got a pretty GF wife sister friend cousin....etc etc, Have them go ask for the cut and you'll get an even better price!

I get overwhelmed trying to homestead. There’s so much that needs doing all the time. I haven’t started raising my meat yet. ( I’m not sure I can do that . ) I do have dairy goats, chickens, and a large garden. I enjoy being in control of much of my food. Maybe I’ll think about having a dual purpose cow 🤷🏼‍♀️

The reason chicken farming or whatever farming fails unless subsidized and/or mass scale, is it's a monoculture. That item should be part of a larger system. That way the chickens are contributing to gardening, the garden then contributes to the chicken, etc. Ironically I've been trying to figure out what livestock I can add my little suburban yard just to help my little bit of land. We also know that grazing is regenerative and having cattle crimp cover corps and such is a great way to keep land producing. It's factory farming that's the issue:/ Also per ppl wanting only processed food not produce. This is a societal issue. One ppl don't know how to cook/prepare food like they used to. They often are working and commuting most their waking hours so even those that have kitchen skills don't have time to implement it. I get it but all the more reason to try to live different.

I'm astounded and insulted. What is your gripe about goats? Is it because they actually have personality, as opposed to boooooring sheep? 😂

Zack you had some good points on the chicken farm the other day. $41 a chicken. They paid $8 to process was a bad move. They included the carriers and housing into the price, you still have those buildings and crates so they get depreciated over years, not 1 round of production. They were doing probably Cornish crosses and you can't straight across compare them with heritage breeds. I raise heritage breeds and we do process the excess for us and the dogs. I'm the first to new to chickens you can't sell eggs and make money anymore because the birds and feed is so high. I've been out on the land for almost 40 years and had poultry for over 35 of that. There was a day that i paid the feed for turkeys and a goat herd from 200 layers in the winter, can't do that anymore. I also hatched my own replacement birds and only bought 25 new every other year to get a new rooster or 2.

I'm a farmer in northern Indiana. We tried doing the farmers market in South Bend thinking a big city would bring some decent sales but everybody goes for crafts and a damn pretzel from Ben's 😅

Where I live gardening is so hit and miss. The livestock does way better we hatch a few chicks every year but mostly diversity of livestock. I thought about raising some 🐝 bees I only have 3 acres here. So my feed cost is a little bit crazy I’m working on a lease for a small place that will allow me to have pasture and hay. That would be a good thing and create a better way for me to live. If things get captain caveman crazy I don’t guess it will matter much. The loss of the power grid would literally mean the death of most of America. If it just collapse of the dollar and inflation I will likely be in better shape than most. Although I would be on a carnivore diet. I would be able to trade for some things and get by

Exactly. We are not trying to feed the world, we are just feeding ourselves. We don't depend on the government nor do we want to. We are very small and that's how we want to stay. I climb trees and cut trees to make a living. This skill pays well. We make a small amount of money from the homestead. It all works out :)

No subsidies here and very very few inputs. We would happily sell regeneratively ranched healthy, nutrient dense grass fed, no input lamb, in tact to the homestead community and neighbors. No rituals on site

Yup, lots of genX wisdom there. Take care of your shit or you won't have it long....

I sell chickens my cost are 6 to 7 each i sell at 12.50 live and if you want it butched it is 5 each so 17.50 this year i will sell just short of 1000 it would be over but i lost some do to my mistakes The problem i find is i have to hear no a lot from customers but thats ok i just keep going and find someone willing to pay for a beautiful yellow fat chicken I feel like a lot of farmers are not good at selling, so they lower their prices to move their goods, and in the end, a farmer has to mass grow to keep the lights on and that makes more work. Just my 2 cents

My dad and I , both granddads and most of my uncles are farmers. We don’t make alot of money off of it but we stay in the Black. What’s always stuck out that all of us that aren’t retired had a skillset or business outside of farming. Its nothing wrong with having another source of income and if you’re married somebody should go to work if the other wants to manage the farm full time

Meat should not be the majority of our food intake though the majority should be fruits vegetables beans legumes nuts and seeds, which are fairly simple to grow in a homestead

Part of the problem is "every man for himself" mentality. Esp. as I am getting older, I can't do it all. I need to find someone to share the load but how do you find someone in this walk who wants to or doesn't already have a family that he is taking care of.

I think everyone should learn to fast. That will help to learn how to endure temptation and hopefully they’re able to learn how to work hard and serve God by taking care of the environment.

You can't get a carpenter job and expect to be the foreman the first day maybe that's why people are failing farming because they don't know what their doing

Good advice. Make the most important part of your small farm is providing for your food and products needs. Selling or bartering beyond that is a bonus. Dixie General Store Heflin Alabama

I have raised a pile of pigs and a bunch of cows to kill. But this year I’m quitting it’s just not enough profit if any profit now. I was making about $100 now it might be $10. Not worth it so I’ll just raise for me and the family.

Farmers market are a ripe off over priced items. Their products don't even come from their own yard they come from another business corporation. And the food don't even come from the same state you live in. As I found out this year very disappointed Some of the farmer markets go to the local grocery store to pick up food and then sell it off as their own scammers !!!!!! I have asked questions where this food comes from and you can usually catch them in a lie. Some of the vegetables have sticker barcodes on them from other companies I know of a local food market that closed down due to false information to the state government food inspectors saying that food was organic of which was false. In passing food off as their own when it came from another company it never came fresh from the farm or homestead.

You absolutely can if you know what you doing. Most people are just idiots. I've been dry farming vegetables for 7 years and have never had another job. My wife even works on the farm. We make a pretty good living doing what we do. I've never taken a government subsidy

😂Processed food is not really food. And its why so many in such poor health. I agree 💯 percent.

People who buy 10k avg pasture land are not finding a profit farming

"Learn to grow grass" Correct! But before you grow grass, learn to grow dirt. Soil test kits are $17 at Walmart and TSC. Most Ozarks soils are already good on pH, potassium, and phosphorus, but need nitrogen, and most ozarks soil needs structural enhancement (sand and organic filler). Sand and nitrogen fertilizer (33-0-0) are cheap, and organic filler is easiest done with leaves from your forest area. Soil needs to be initially tilled to 12 to 24 inches in depth. Once you pull the rocks out (the hardest part of the job, by far), your garden plot is good to go for 5 to 10 years. Avoid oily or greasy scraps in your compost. Sand makes this soil easier to work. Leaves hold moisture and eventually add nitrogen and other micro-nutrients. Ozarks soil is consistently composed of rocks, pebbles, shards, and silt. Missing is the sand and organic matter. That's it! You're an Ozarks Farmer! (WAY easier said than done 😂) P.S. My chigger and tick farm is just waiting for the bug eating to really catch on! I'll be rich!

I actually had a farmer tell me just this year.."there lots of money to be made in farming now a days, there are lots of subsidies out there"😂😂

Did you grow up on a farm and did you just look at stats or have you failed yourself... I don't agree with you

I live in north central South Dakota and grew up in northwest Minnesota. We had hundreds of acres and cattle as a kid. There is still a sense of competition between cattle ranchers and crop farmers on the prairies. Much of secular farming is ugly and profit driven. Cattle and grasslands are beautiful and full of personality. I think we’re going to see a return to small farms and ranches. People are tired of being fat, unhealthy, and surrounded by ugly farmland for half the year. We need crops, but not the trash we grow today.

Tyson and other companies like it, the middle men, screw the farmer and the consumer. It's not a true free market.

Our local farmer's market takes their cut hard out of the farmers too. They want us to pay for a spot to sell and then get a cut of our sales.

My family never took government funds and they were very successful

Relying on the government, (there in is the downfall). Why do they not learn????

people do not have the common skills that people once had to have. They have become too specialized, and have ignored all other skill sets.

pretty soon it'll just be food pills. we raise as much as we can and home cook most of our meals. best way to do it, in my opinion

Shabbat Shalom, This Sabbath is Re'eh, "see," or "Behold," Bamidbar 11:26-16:17; Isaiah 54:11-55:5, (3of7 Haftorahs of Consolation); 1John 4:1-21. Theme: Blessings and curses, the compassion of the L-RD, for Love is from G-d. Baruch Hashem! Am Yisrael chai, Baruch haba b'shem Adonai! (Psalm 118:26; Matthew 23:39) Be well and be Blessed! A fellow sojourner

I like your knowledge and content but please dont scream ❤️

Excellent advice I can completely agree with. That kind of lifestyle is what I do already in the big sheetty so I would only have to tweak the model for rural life. I'm too old anyway to star a chicken farm or any kind of single purpose farm but I'm very curious to know if the American Homestead or any body else for that matter what secret sauce does Joe Salatin have that he has not only become a successful farmer of quality whole foods but also that he enthusiastically advises young lads to enter the farming life beginning with chickes under his system. These two propositions seem to collide or else we have to make a special niche for a super farmer of a guy bigger than life as Joe or a farmer poet like Wendell Berry.

Awesome video!! Thank you!

Very well said.

Uh oh...the popo coming for ya' War Klim..lol...!

all true! pssst i heard klim war ;-) shalom brother!

Omg best video with the most truth ever thank you