Christina and Rebecca looked at each other. Misfortunate had ambushed their family farm just a month prior, and the young couple stood together at the doorstep of a big decision. This is a story about how individual commitment helps to cultivate a movement. Our protagonists are two pig farming families, one in Germany and the other in the United States. Although they have never met, the Mays and Agers have so much in common. They wake up early to feed the pigs. They watch the weather closely. And they share a common vision. The Special Responsibility of FarmersThere is agriculture and then there are farmers. Agriculture is the practice of growing crops and raising animals, creating the food that sustains us all. Farmers are the people who do the work! A farmer’s expertise spans an impressive array of disciplines from science to business management and from marketing to finance. But most of all, farmers understand people’s relationship with the land. Farmers are not just direct stewards of the land they farm. Their great gift to humanity is that they link anyone who eats (in other words all of us!) to the earth by putting food on the table of people in every country in every corner of the world. Whether they are running a family farm or a corporate agriculture business, farmers play a unique role in cultivating environmental stewardship.… Read the rest The post Cultivating a Sustainable Movement appeared first on The Heart of Waraba. via The Heart of Waraba https://heartofwaraba.com/en/sustainable-pig-farmers/
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