As a kid I spent a lot of time hanging out with my grandparents on the family farm. My sister and I would get off the school bus in the afternoon there and spend time with Grandpa and Grandma until our parents could pick us up. On those days, Megan and I put countless miles on the golf cart checking cows with Grandpa and probably ate thousands of strawberries that Grandma grew in her garden!
After Grandma passed away and Grandpa retired to town, my dad took over the farm and our family moved to 'The Home Place'. Moving to the farm meant I spent even more hours with the cows, fixing fence (that the cows inevitably would run through), hauling wagons to the field, baling hay and everything else that living on a farm requires. It was these activities that bestowed on my sister and I our shiny 'Farmer's Daughter' badges!
Recently, there has been a campaign to raise money and buy drones to fly over so called 'factory farms' and expose all the "dirty secrets" that are being kept. For cripes, sakes. Really?
In an effort to counter all the negativity surrounding farms and agriculture two bloggers, Nurse Loves Farmer and The Farmer's Wifee, have created a campaign 'Factory Farm or Family Farm? You Decide.' in support of family farms.
They are asking for participants to create a photo collage with an aerial photo of your farm and pose the question “Factory farm or family farm? You decide.” You can even hashtag #MyFamilyFarm on other forms of social media!
I couldn't help but create two collages. One is of 'The Home Place' and the other where Matt and I live now. The farms themselves are different, but neither are factory!
Geez really? Do people have enough free time!? Love this and now checking out the other bloggers you mentioned above!
ReplyDeleteFamily Farmers I like that and I also love your Dad's 'Farmer's Daughter' badges! I farm in Canada and I am popping over from Robyn's Blog. Keep doing what and how you are doing, we know what is right. B
ReplyDeleteI can't even believe that! The world of technology is getting a little out of hand! I seen on the news something about dromes beginning to deliver packages for Amazon. Weird!
ReplyDeleteThis is a neat campaign!
ReplyDeleteI love this SO much. I grew up on a farm, too. And it really irritates me that people don't understand how farming really works. I used to have an ag blog in college, and I had a post on this topic. Factory Farming
ReplyDeleteI am a little late, but glad you joined in!
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