What does the concept of sustainability mean to us at The South 47 Farm?
Our goal is simple, but not easy:
We want someone to be farming this piece of ground when all of us are dead and gone.
For the best chance of making that happen, we must:
1) Work to protect and improve the piece of ground [...]
Entries from April 27th, 2009
Sustainability is a journey.
April 27th, 2009 Comments Off
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A month of unforgiving deadlines and green releaf.
April 26th, 2009 Comments Off
Here we are already, closing in on the end of April. I haven’t written here in a while, partially because we have been more than busy on the farm working to stay on schedule, and partially because my writing urges have been directed at Twitter. Now that my blog has this spiffy new home, I’ll [...]
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Searching for a silver lining during Rain Calamity Week.
April 2nd, 2009 Comments Off
There’s an old saying: “Inside every cloud there is a silver lining.” I am in the habit of searching out the silver lining, something to keep me focused on the positive, since there are so many ways things can go wrong on the farm.
This week it looked as if the clouds had dumped all their [...]
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