The Future Of Farming | Small-Scale, Organic, Local, Regenerative?
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2023
- In this week's episode, JM Fortier delves into the future of small-scale farming, exploring its potential and challenges.
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When my girlfriend and I started our family we realized the importance of healthy food. We began gardening and building and growing our local farmers market. We were then inspired by JM and others so we started our farm (happy hills farm). Then we started an indoor farm (flourish micro farm). Then we opened a store that only carries local goods (the rooted table collective).
The Revolution is happening friends!!! ✊
JM, we love what you’re doing, your videos and your passion! 6 years ago my wife & I retired and decided to start a small winery. We’re in a small town in TX. Due to time & money, we only have 100 grapevines planted 2 years ago but have loved working with them. At 60, I had planned on slowing down. Last year we tried some container gardens & enjoyed too. The past few months I’ve been learning to start our permanent raised beds on an acre behind our tasting room. I hope to be able to start your Market Gardener Masterclass this fall. I watched your webinar on heirloom, what a fantastic tool! Thanks for sharing so much knowledge!! Oh thanks for the small winery plug! 🥂
So much stuff in this interview. You are right on how bad industrial wheat full of gluten is. It changed my life stopping eating it 15 years ago, but boy, natural wine, not for me. Bio wine yes, but natural wine is gimmick. That being said, the biggest problem with bio small farming is that poorer people cannot afford it, and I am not talking only about very poor people. Also, beyond farming, people need first to stop eating processed food before switching to bio veggies. If people would cook their own food, even with non bio vegetables and fruits, it would be an enormous good first step to stop the crazy way people are eating now in North America, with the obesity rate skyrocketing. Also I worked on a strawberries farm when I was young, it's very different from having your own relaétively small garden for your own needs or as a hobby like I do. It is a tough job physically, especially on the long run with the prospect of aging. Also, I watched the "Les Fermiers" TV serie, and it is clear that you need to have a lot of knowledge to be a good market farmer. Also knowledge is one thing, but to be able to apply it properly is something else, and you need to have the personality to be good at business, that implies being somewhat extroverted and at ease in a social context, even have some personal charisma like you have. Not everybody has that. So it takes a lot of different qualities in the same person. That being said, I like what you do. Society needs people like you pushing better ways to do things, even though the overall picture is very complex.
This is very Wendell Berry and I love it. Thank you a million times for using your voice in this way, JM
Good to hear some of these tough questions ... they are a challenge. I don't think there has been a more challenging time to be a small farmer/market farmer. I think he hit the nail on the head with consumers are programmed to only pay a very little amount for food, and the fact is that government keeps subsidizing cheap food and not quality food ... until that problem is solved it will be a steep uphill battle.
The way we're gonna grab the supermarket folks is by investing into our own research: lab studies, clinical studies, etc. on topics like phytonutrient content of organically grown DGLVs vs. conventional ones or the effects of kale on mice with inflammation or epi studies of diet intervention in obese patients and so on and so forth. This is fact based medicine, and the superstore people will love it! 😁
I don’t want to change the world, I just want to make my contribution to making it a little saner than what it is now.
Changing the world means changing other people's behavior. Waste of time. I focus on family. Everyone else can F off.
It's a LOADED question.
Social fabric and local Economy wow great ideas of transformation and developments. Agriculture is well fare and alike to worship.
Production by the masses is amazing big Piza. No robotic practices are not only one solution.
I could say so much but I'll try and make this simple. Families don't eat together. There for families don't cook meals anymore. If you gave most families fresh vegetables, they wouldn't know what to do with it. This issue alone branches over to all sorts of other problems we have in our society. FOOD is our connection to life, family, friends and community.
You are absolutely right, the food issue ties in with so many other issues, such as people no longer having any knowledge of where there food comes from, not knowing what to do with vegetables, families not eating together anymore... However, if each of us start growing our own food, according to our possibilities, we could reach a stage where a family grows enough food so the wife/mother can at least reduce her working hours at her job and spend more time taking care of her own children, which also reduces the amount of money spent on childcare, time spent commuting, stress etc and of course the husband gets a healthy meal when he gets home after work. Depending on their ages, the children can assist in the garden and learn useful skills. If people then also manage to homeschool their kids we may have a chance to have a society with fewer brainconditioned humans who believe all the ludicrous lies (called "theories" for legal reasons) taught in the official curriculum and in the press. Btw I don't have kids or so but I turned off my TV three years ago and it's amazing how much more time you have. I didn't even have any plants in my apartment and now I grow lots of different vegetables, edible flowers... If I can do it, anyone can!
@ingevankeirsbilck9601 I completely agree. When covid hit, I bought a house and 84 acres with my wife and our 4 kids. We started homeschooling and growing our own food. Even in these "tuff" times we do fine with one salary. We've been a one salary family for 15 years now. If I can choose a place for families to start, before homeschooling, before growing food or homesteading, get ride of that extra salary and you will see you quality of life go up... the rest will follow
I really like what you said in the last 10 minuets. Well I liked all of it. But I aspire to have a small farm eventually and I like your actionable advice at the end to go work at a farm and learn the "how too's" of farming. I tell myself all the time in my personal garden. At least im learning. So maybe working at a farm is my next step. Thanks for the content. Will be following along from here!
You mentioned in one of your videos that to make your model work, the laborers are making minimum wage or just above. I'm curious how duplicating this model will benefit the workers of the farms? The communities may have access to local food, yes, but if the people working on the farms can't make a liveable wage, how sustainable is it, really? I'd love to have a dialogue about this, in good faith
I would also love to know what percentage of the workforce are volunteers or people on wwoof and such. I think one of the very few people that actually is in it with his head on straight is richard perkins. he shows how much people earn, how they progres in time and such.
Yes, what I was thinking, too.
Even I was wondering this in my mind when JM used the term ''contribution to the local economy'' but I think his reference inclined towards how this production model provide incentives other to start their own farms instead of working on someone else's farms.
Also, it’s not just for JM Fortier. I think for small-scale farming to challenge big Ag the entire movement has to address these questions. It’s the big picture economics that Chris Newman was talking about in his analysis.
Oh this is gonna be a good one
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
Small-scale farming envisions replacing mass industrial production with local, human-focused production.
The growth of small farms has been positive over the years, creating local economies and vibrant communities.
The future of farming is food grown with care by people who care, emphasizing human scale and intention.
Local food processing plants and micro plants are expected to emerge, similar to the microbrewery movement.
Grassroots movements in small-scale farming need to resist co-optation by big agriculture and reclaim local markets.
Challenges include land access, valuing food more, and shifting societal views on the importance of quality food.
Education, societal change, and governmental shifts are essential for the success of small farms and a better food system.
26:03: Policies needed for accessible farming, including support for young farmers, land redesign, and equipment subsidies.
27:36: Importance of involving policy makers and supporting farming issues, while removing ineffective leaders.
28:06: Debt as a tool for young farmers, with business acumen and entrepreneurship skills crucial for success.
29:32: Value-added products and agritourism enhance profitability and strengthen relationships with local customers.
31:28: Positive shift towards eating locally and in season, and the role of conscious chefs and restaurants.
32:46: Importance of diverse farming approaches, like the bipark movement, and cautious optimism about regenerative farming.
33:44: Anticipating young farmers driven by environmental concerns, climate change impacts, and the need for sustainable agriculture.
34:13: Advice for aspiring farmers: Gain experience on existing farms, start small, build connections, and embrace continuous learning.
35:31: No specific red flags, emphasize commitment, business knowledge, and expertise in growing various crops.
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lol I kinda changed my backyard into a micro regenerative farm to feed my household. garden, fruit bushes and a small animal tractor turns lawn into pasture for all sqft contributing and working together feeding family and excess to friends.
Preach it JM
This is a problem. Robotics, machinery cost nothing to run against finding wages once the initial purchase has been made.. then we have the continuous cheap food
. very hard to compete against
Can someone explain to me the issue with robotics? Or is the problem more with how they are used today, aka for big/industrial ag? I’m on board with like 99% of the bio-intensive small farming material, but what is the difference if someone is manually pushing a BCS to harrow a bed versus a “robotic” machine with say a computer and camera to steer the machine automatically with one button press. What if there were an automated version of the paper pot transplanter, or greens harvester? Why must a human hand hold the drill of a greens harvester for it to be legitimate? I think a future where we use robots/computer vision/ML technology is pretty good, as long as it is tailored for a bio intensive approach which puts ecology and soil health first. Genuinely curious why this would be a bad outcome
The problem is that "robotics" (actually, robots arent the big deal, its the optical part, and software, thats the big revolution) became cheap and efficient to big farms, big monoculture, plain, linear...farms. they make farmming extremly faster, and more efficient (kill weeds, fertilize, etc). But they are being developed to those big monoculture farms. That will make them evem more efficient and less human envolved, and, at the same time, make small market gardens, even more difficult to compete. In price... the gap is growing.
Bonjour JM,
Would you be interested in discussing Ontario markets? Expanding your concepts into Toronto markets and border cities in Southern Ontario. Startup project in discussion for spring 2024 launch. I'm a firm believer in your proven concepts and feel these farms need to be outside all major cities and in each rural township.
I will be incorporating an aquaponics aspect into business plans and feedstock manufacturing for free range / broiler meat and layer hens.
I'll email and reach out with your contact info listed on your links and remove this comment when I've had some feedback.
Thanks again for the content. We all appreciate it more than you know.
Over grow the system
adult humans have a foot pressure between 2.5 lbs/in2 and 3.5 lbs/in2, whats your tire pressure? hehe
Inflation has gradually taken place in this well-worn narrative. The song is performed in a melancholic key by UA-camrs in search of clicks. In next week's episode, the hypocrisy is replaced by over-enthusiasm in a new project.
Stay to your DIY thing
and let us do our own think'.
Market gardening is damn hard work. I don't see the lazy young people attracted to this. They'd have to stop taking drugs and playing video games.
@@Daniel-bs8vb I think self-sufficiency is required unless you live in a communist regime where maybe you can live a life of drunken sloth.