Farming Is Freedom
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2021
- This week JM reflects on why he farms and shows us how his farming community comes together around the table and by the fire. It’s Friday night pizza!
Cette semaine JM réfléchit à pourquoi il cultive et nous montre comment sa communauté d’agriculteurs se rassemble autour de la table et du feu. Le vendredi soir, c’est soirée pizza à la ferme!
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Thanks for watching friends! What's your WHY for farming, gardening, of whatever it is you do?! Please leave a comment below, we love hearing from you 😊
Our why is easy:
1. No poison free food available in shops
2. Set example to other special needs families that freedom is available to them to.
3. Less dependent on corporations
4. Epic food
5. Healthy work out every day.
6. Losing gray hair.
7. Seeing why God made us the stewards of earth.
.... and so forth.
I am a 2de year vegetables farming gardener, still hoping to breakeven, in Africa 🇿🇦
I really enjoyed that JM! Crazy times in the world and Canada
You and Curtis Stone were responsible for making me a much better farmer. Reframed the process, injected ideas and encouragement. Thank you very much. I owe you way more than the pittance I paid for your awesome book.
Blessings to all!
Yes yes. Yes. Food and service.
I enjoyed the long English cucumber harvest and life philosophy talk, best.
Yes! Friday night pizza!
Thank you for you honest vulnerability. I appreciate these video. The heart to heart are almost more important then the technical application video. Thank you for helping us!
thanks a lot Nathan ❤️
The reason that we are starting our full blown farming activity at age 69, with a life of family gardening and agricultural engagement, avocationally, behind us is that we are doing the thing we think is most needed in the world right now. We are being the change we want to see in the world. That doesn't ignore any of your points, particularly the freedom to live life differently. It is precisely that "differently" that we are focused on. I am retired military, so I have income. We could be "following the established model" for consumption oriented, industrial, predatory, capitalist old age. We think that focusing on that life lived differently is critical for our society's survival right now. It has NOT been easy, acquiring and stepping into the life of resurrecting an old Amish farm, that (deliberately, for us) had literally none of the amenities of modern living - no electricity from the grid, no water from the municipality, no commercial or municipal waste management, etc. We have a house and a compound of seven other buildings that are gradually coming to life again. Getting the hay in from the hayfields at the right time, filling the hay loft, taking care of the steer, the new heifer, the sheep, rabbits, and chickens while we start to build out gardens has been the first productive year's return to self-reliant, resilient, sustainable living. So yes to freedom, but also a return to personal responsibility for where the food comes from, personal responsibility for the care and feeding of all that cohabits the farm with us, personal responsibility for the health and wellbeing of all the life happening on this 60 acres - deer, turkey, opossums, raccoons, rabbits, squirrels, right down to the crayfish in the creek (whose spawning grounds, it turns out is the milk tank in the spring house) and all the plants that fill the space. Reacquainting ourselves with the rhythms and flows of the natural world... with every freedom there comes responsibility. We are doing our best to embrace and nurture that.
Amazing! love this video~ merci!
Politics is a mental disorder. Direct action - like what you do - is what changes the world. BE the change. Much love and thanks from gulf coast United States.
A full life is not wasted,creating,harvesting,happiness!❤️🙏👨🏼🌾
Thank you Jean Martin. Thank you for your generosity of spirit. You are such a teacher to so many of us trying to find freedom in our own ways. I felt like I was walking down the row of cucumbers with you, us harvesting together, just talking to a friend. That was what I needed, and I’m sure I am not alone. Deep truth and a reminder of what we are striving for.
Thank you SO much Justin, that really means a lot! We're going to keep em coming, and so there will be plenty more walks down the rows of veggies to come! 😊
Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. An inspiring learning process in which everyone comes into their own power. Apart from all the nonsense around us.
Freedom factory!
Thank you for all you do! 💚
I'm lecturing on Epicurus right now and you've got a similar philosophy: freedom, friendship and an analyzed life--this is what's important.
Great video, farming is community! A lot of relief to hear that even someone as experienced as you can have moments of discouragement. Love these videos!
Amazing content really
The "Market Gardener Philosopher" - shared in a cucumber forest - outstanding conversations JM !!!
So very much resonates. Also in a contemplative mood as the season winds down. Going to be making a lot of big adjustments for the next year and for the first time scaling down and trying to put more focus on contentment for me and my family instead of purely generating income. I too enjoy the freedom of doing this work and being the master of my domain despite its many challenges. I also enjoy the iterative nature of farming, (hopefully) making tweaks and improvements each year. I think back often to Eliot Coleman saying how farming is like a mountain without a pinnacle, you can continue the adventure forever iterating and improving, never summiting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and all you've done to promote market gardening. Happy Autumn!
thanks for your thoughts! Hope the autumn continues to bring you meaningful reflections 😊
The why question is exactly what has me wanting to leave my current career and become a farmer. Living a life you WANT and that you feel good about and care about is more important than money or status in whatever career you choose.
Great to hear your thoughts on that. Its so easy to forget about the choice we have when we slogging it out day after day. We often sit down and question everything just to check we're living how we want. I too love the freedom I get from being a producer and a steward of our little bit of mother earth!
Always a good thing to examine one's life ☝
We do it because we love it
Dude, I really needed to hear that motivational message right now. Thanks for what you do. Life lessons from JM are even more valuable than the food growing lessons. All the best over the winter. Enjoy your recharge!
It's *unbelievable* freedom.
Ah, hey, you missed one!
Great episode, I appreciate the stream of consciousness approach. A farmer in his "field" saying what's on everyone of us' minds. And finding our why is what grounds us. Thank you.
I never miss a cuke! ☝🤣 Thanks for the comment Rondi. I think we all spend a lot of time in our heads while farming, or talking with our work mates... so it only makes sense to let those thoughts out sometimes and put it online! We hope that it feels like a conversation for anyone watching.
@@TheMarketGardeners haha!
And yes, I have found the same to be true. Physical repetitive work alternating with problem solving work. During the physical portion either the brain is working on the problem OR it's resting from it, but getting oxygenated and primed to solve the mental problem.
Entièrement d'accord avec toi, mais j'avoue que parfois en plein été, on a tellement de travail, que mon ancien boulot me manque😆
Mais ensuite je me rappelle à quel point notre vie a plus de sens depuis qu'on cultive des légumes.
Awesome man
Miss ya buddy. Been two years since we actually hung out.
The two of you together helped catapult me into my real growing adventure
@@tedbastwock3810 same here!
miss you two friend ❤
@@tedbastwock3810 same here!
Freedom to choose what goes into our bodies. I am blown away by the amount of organic farmers accepting the tyranny happening in the world regarding this “virus”.
Es una maravilla la vida del campo, espero poder experimentarla pronto …
This video hits the nail on the head for me about what I wanted to leave behind and (far more importantly) what I want to work towards.
I stumbled across Six Figure Farming in 2016, and it struck a chord with me immediately. I was working overseas at the time and ever since then, I've been learning and drawing inspiration from you and others, such as Curtis Stone and Richard Perkins. My fiancee and I are coming home to Quebec now with a deep conviction that this is the life we want to build for ourselves and our new family; with all of its challenges and rewards.
We're reading The Market Gardner together (re-reading for me!) and wanted to thank you for planting the seeds for this dream of ours - pun intended :)
Merci et je vous souhaite de bonnes récoltes! (Hope my rusty French still works!)
How you can dislike a video like that? It's about celebrating a simple life! A peaceful life with no bs. I understood what JM mean by building a good environment for his friends, colleagues and family. That's don't mean you will not meet hard time and discouragement. My gosh, you provide all your community with good stuffs, work with mother nature and deal with good year as bad and move on. That pizza my friends is the gluten of a good relationship, rising with time and love. WHAT ELSE!
YES! 😊
Thank you, the reasons are to many to list but please know, thank you
Farm on
For me, being a micro framer is a lifestyle, after living in cities, working with a lot of people, always trying to do your best by everyones standards, returning to farming gave me the chance to have back solitude, my time to switch off and have a brain that is empty of all the challenges ..farming for me is meditation ..
Beautiful 😊
🔥 💣 🍗
You are forgiven, we do more meat in Africa.
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
You've gained a new subriber after the video title
Farming or simply just in my case small gardening is freedom
Greetings from Italy
Longest living people on earth all have a garden thats why.. happier if you can grow the entire year by far happier healthier.. only lacking community and love after that
I’ve been searching for harvest bags that are on the hip like you have on in this video. Do you recall where you got them?
i find it strange that at least in my country, it feels like smalls farms are undesirable and met with alot of resistance. 120 years ago there were alot of small farms, alot of them quit or sold out after WOII becoz they became unprofitable ...and people were excited about letting machines do the hard work. Many regulations were set in place for the'benefit' of the ppl but really end up favoring large industry over small farms. I do not agree with any of it, there are many obvious and not so obvious downsides to large industry. The major downside which will prove costly is not being in tune with Earth and its rhythms. There is an interesting movie about native Americans about this called Aluna.
Whats the music when you cut to the friday night pizza scene? sounds groovy!
So as I started watching from the beginning I always wondered where do you get your greenhouses? What kind of plastic do you use on them? And how do you change the plastic?
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Which variety of cucumber & how much production you get !!
You know your vegetable sack that you have on your shoulders. Would it not be of some type of benefit to use a strap that was weaved with holes I know that sounds odd. But just so that it would breathe better on your body. Also using some type of breathable spandex as a cushion on the shoulder part. Because that has to put a lot of pressure on your shoulders holding that sack
You speak often of politics and your passion for debate and sharing ideas. Would you ever dare to see if your farming wisdom could help change certain policies and laws around sustainable farming? Do you ever invite a politician to pizza night to debate ;) ? I'm sure you have data to show to bolster any of your arguments immensely. What could governments do to help this industry, tax breaks, grants, etc?
Outside of politics, I know you're working with some wealthy people on your side project - is there a way to connect moral investors to permaculture farms/farmers without tainting the purity of farming being "freedom" (per your video comment)?
Regardless, JM, you're always an inspiration and have done so much. Thank you!
I remember years back when you and Curtis S. we’re tossing around the phrase“keep it in our back pocket” when developing successful market gardens.
I love hearing about what “It” (why we farm) is in your back pocket.
There is so much potential energy in “It” (the why we farm) maybe that is why it’s important to keep it in our back pocket….. to get/keep our butts moving 😄!
Cheers farmer friend!
Spot on brother. Freedom results from living in accordance with natural law. Being disconnected from nature is a big step in the wrong direction. Being in square boxes concrete jungles eating processed foods devoid of nutrition, and we wonder why the most advanced, intelligent, civilized peoples suffer from the most disease. Not living in accordance with natural law, leads to slavery, in a nutshell. More or less the state of the world today. We think of that term in the classical sense of whips chains indentured servitude, when in reality, simply ask, what % of my labor is considered slavery? 100%? 90%? The answer is 1%, any%. Ben Franklin: “There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war...This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry.”
whats your opinion on hybrid F1 seeds?
Thanks for lovely reflections. Btw, what's the big plant behind you when you cut the cucumbers?
Want to take a guess first?! 😜
@@TheMarketGardeners No clue, honestly :)
Ginger :)
@@mariefrancemontpetit nop!
@@jeanmartinfortierprivate C'est quoi alors?
What is that variety of cucumber that you're picking from?
How did you past from cashflow to money numérique (future controle of the gouvernement) ?
The type of farming we know is based on private property,labour and giving the produce to impersonal 'customers' that then give you money to continue maintain or expand the private property and private ownings,this will always be flawed and an impediment to the progress of human society as a whole-
powdery mildew spots on leaves
No. This variety has the spots on the leaves
Lol love the bags the hight of the plant you dont even have to lol get on knees?
I noticed you cut your cukes with about an inch of vine left, is there a reason you do that?