tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post3006528531969839503..comments2023-09-07T02:16:50.687-07:00Comments on Tammi Tasting Terroir: How Joel Salatin Unknowingly Convinced Me to Become a FarmerTammoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06964566196107658056noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post-15269412733998061912010-09-06T01:03:48.147-07:002010-09-06T01:03:48.147-07:00Thanks, Spencer! Glad you enjoyed it - I've mo...Thanks, Spencer! Glad you enjoyed it - I've moved the blog over to http://www.tammijonas.com where I'm blogging my reflections through Italy at the moment, Malaysia next. :-)Tammoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964566196107658056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post-92161675293867427562010-09-05T21:55:58.339-07:002010-09-05T21:55:58.339-07:00Great blog. Well written and very engaging. Keep i...Great blog. Well written and very engaging. Keep it up!Spencer @ Moo-Lolly-Barhttp://www.moolollybar.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post-34401079136516846572010-06-07T16:12:25.140-07:002010-06-07T16:12:25.140-07:00Thanks, Ev, Arwen & Alla - I appreciate the en...Thanks, Ev, Arwen & Alla - I appreciate the enthusiastic feedback. :-) <br /><br />Ev, we'll keep this conversation going - I think Salatin really helped me see exactly how to do local/sustainable production well, and I'm lucky to have been looking for a property around Daylesford off and on for the last 15 years, where there's a mature food community already, so something like collaborating on distribution is a viable option. Plus the knowledge of many producers around that region will be invaluable for newcomers like us. <br /><br />Alla, thanks so much for hosting Joel so we could all benefit from his energy, insight and practical experience, not to mention his motivational and entertaining style! I envy you to have made such an inspirational friend - but I'm not surprised given the great work you've been doing at the Lake House for so long now. We look forward to joining your community in the next year. :-)Tammoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964566196107658056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post-72028148897655315812010-06-07T15:28:34.473-07:002010-06-07T15:28:34.473-07:00Tammi thank you for coming to Lake House to hear S...Tammi thank you for coming to Lake House to hear Salatin and thank you for posting such a clear summation of his message.<br />I was fortunate to have him around as a guest for a week. Every meal, every conversation with him and every presentation was a mind expanding episode for me personally.As I said on Sunday, my time with him was full of "aha' moments. It is all stuff one knows intuitively - there are things wrong: agriculture should be regenerative and productive ; people who produce our food should be our champions and heroes and not be slinking off and hiding their practises - and so much more. All common sense - it's just that Salatin and others like him are joining the dots and showing how it is all possible.Personally I'm delighted to have been able to broaden the demographic to whom he speaks. I can't tell you how many emails we've had from people who were considerably moved and even shaken. It was a privilege to host him and I'm now so very proud to count him amongst my friends.wolfinkitchenhttp://www.lakehouse.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post-81760171000781591702010-06-06T11:10:45.148-07:002010-06-06T11:10:45.148-07:00Excellent post Tammi! I hope your dream comes true...Excellent post Tammi! I hope your dream comes true. It is a worthy one.Arwen from Hoglet Khttp://www.hogletk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post-49741134321076915262010-06-04T03:22:42.897-07:002010-06-04T03:22:42.897-07:00Good post Tam, thanks for the write up.
I've ...Good post Tam, thanks for the write up.<br /><br />I've been having similar thoughts about moving into the hills and raising a lot of chickens. Quail too I think. And goats.<br /><br />My main concern at the moment though is finding somewhere to do it. I think critiical to the ethos of low impact production is the transport, as Joel identifies. Also, as a primary producer there's a relationship between the value/cost of your land and the quality of it; whether or not you can live off the produce practically from the land quality. The third pressure is needing a decent sized market to sell the produce into. Further, I think this is more critical in Australia than the US, where the cities are closer together and the population centres bigger.<br /><br />So I'm currently fixated on finding somewhere we can afford 100 acres, within half an hour of a town with a market of... not sure yet. Big enough. I think the Canberra Growers market is a big plus around here. Not sure it rains enough though. <br /><br />Ev.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949941817866266067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post-3491883047031019852010-06-04T02:08:18.596-07:002010-06-04T02:08:18.596-07:00Thanks, Suzanne. We're commencing our research...Thanks, Suzanne. We're commencing our research in earnest now - not just for a lovely property, but for one we can make into a productive farm. :-)<br /><br />Annette - I totally agree with you. I hope I haven't misrepresented Joel's much more complex points he made throughout his talks. He did actually say they're evil, but of course he was eliding the technology with the corporations responsible for the most part. However, he did point out that we are at the 14 year mark with GMO, which is when we found out the truly devastating effects of DDT. Point being, of course, that we're really still in guinea pig stage on the science as it is practised. I tend to agree with him, and would rather see 'genetic modification' remain in the realm of a bit of grafting, etc, than manipulating genes at the nuclear level with unknowable ultimate consequences.<br /><br />Of course we are in furious agreement, as usual, about supporting local farmers and bringing corporates to account! #riot ;-)Tammoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964566196107658056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post-1059908151859188052010-06-04T00:07:12.431-07:002010-06-04T00:07:12.431-07:00Thanks for this very interesting and personal post...Thanks for this very interesting and personal post, Tammi. Great talk summary. <br />The statement GMO is evil bothers me though - and I often see blanket condemnation like this. Genetic modification is not a person, so it can't be evil, and it has been occuring over millennia. It IS misused by unethical agents who are not being properly regulated. For example, Monsanto, as a corporate entity may be unethical, and the systems which govern GM risk assessment and global food production & distribution badly flawed, but are there are times/places where GM, its risks properly managed, is appropriate? <br />To me, the statement should not be GMO is evil, but that the corporate power/responsibility balance is dangerously skewed. This applies not just to seed suppliers but to industrial food corporates right through the food chain. (And to other industries.)<br />Support small farmers! Bring corporates to accountability!Annette (@silverbeet)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36972982.post-39563488346285091742010-06-02T04:56:16.177-07:002010-06-02T04:56:16.177-07:00Oh yay! a dream is rekindled. Thank you so much...Oh yay! a dream is rekindled. Thank you so much for sharing Tammi. I really wish I'd made the effort to be there. Can't wait to hear about the next step xx sjEssjayeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00963279896771841470noreply@blogger.com