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Oh, my gosh - how beautifully said.
I think there's something incredibly resonant and satisfying about animal husbandry, no matter the size and scale of the project. "Farming" - even if it's a few pet hens in a suburban coop - requires a kind of attention and ingenuity that's gotten awfully rare in modern life, where "quick" and "convenient" seem to outweigh every other consideration.
I don't think commercial feeds, for any kind of livestock, are evil or anything silly like that, but I do feel that a complete reliance on them, and on the corporations that produce them, are a wasted opportunity to experience something much richer and more complete.
(Just my 2 cents.
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Oh, my gosh - how beautifully said.
I think there's something incredibly resonant and satisfying about animal husbandry, no matter the size and scale of the project. "Farming" - even if it's a few pet hens in a suburban coop - requires a kind of attention and ingenuity that's gotten awfully rare in modern life, where "quick" and "convenient" seem to outweigh every other consideration.
I don't think commercial feeds, for any kind of livestock, are evil or anything silly like that, but I do feel that a complete reliance on them, and on the corporations that produce them, are a wasted opportunity to experience something much richer and more complete.
(Just my 2 cents.