Can you believe just how much the way we raise cattle, farm and life has changed in the last century?
I see a lot of contrasting messages on change, technology and advancements in our country these days, especially involving agriculture. Movements for local food want us to seemingly go back to the 1950s, with everyone raising their own food straight out of their backyards and barn lots. Others cry out for advanced ways to grow more cows, more chickens and more crops on less land, less feed and less dollar input. And the craziest part of this disparity? The future of humanity’s ability to feed itself hangs in the balance.
Looking back to when we had simple, less cluttered lives, when lots of Americans raised most of their own food for their family, and comparing that to today, a day of instant gratification, interconnectedness to the extreme, and a burgeoning population depending on farmers to feed them… yeah, a lot has changed.
I think the important thing in our own personal lives, our businesses, our farms, our families, is to keep a level head. Keeping an eye to the future, ready to embrace each new shining day, while learning from history – being careful to not repeat the mistakes, but finding comfort in those simpler ways that can be adopted into our lives now.
It’s not easy, but we have to try.
God Bless,
