Tolerance, accepting the opinions of other's, think about what you hear, admit you can be wrong. These thoughts are like a mantra to me.
I like very much to read your newsletter. Make me think and seeing the evolution of your habitat, in our country is really enjoyable. Seeds... I'm going to search for it.
I have really enjoyed reading this piece, it must be wonderful to have so many great projects and the time ahead of you to see them mature. As for being called 'woke'... from the little I know of you from your Youtube channel and your newsletter, you strike me as being very balanced in your approach to farming. When you give an animal a name, as you did with your pig, you cross an emotional line from which you can't retreat. And what's wrong with being sensitive? Empathy is what makes us human. It's a great privilege but also a burden - too little of it and we become monsters, too much and it becomes difficult to survive. I live in the French countryside, surrounded by very traditionnal dairy farmers. Even they tell me that they always feel sad when they sell their calves for slaughter, yet it's an essential part of the cycle of dairy farming that has gone on for centuries.
We live in Leiria district 🙂 we don't tend to give out the exact location though... If you want to find an abandoned village in central Portugal you don't have to go far. We like the idea of being "tuned in".
Before writing this post I did a little bit of reading on the origins of the term woke but decided it strays too far from the theme of this newsletter. Non the less interesting and it certainly is quite fluid these days.
Tolerance, accepting the opinions of other's, think about what you hear, admit you can be wrong. These thoughts are like a mantra to me.
I like very much to read your newsletter. Make me think and seeing the evolution of your habitat, in our country is really enjoyable. Seeds... I'm going to search for it.
It's really nice when I finish a newsletter, knowing the names of the people who read it.
It's even nicer knowing that more people will think about old varieties of seeds 🙂
Obrigado pela sua leitura.
I have really enjoyed reading this piece, it must be wonderful to have so many great projects and the time ahead of you to see them mature. As for being called 'woke'... from the little I know of you from your Youtube channel and your newsletter, you strike me as being very balanced in your approach to farming. When you give an animal a name, as you did with your pig, you cross an emotional line from which you can't retreat. And what's wrong with being sensitive? Empathy is what makes us human. It's a great privilege but also a burden - too little of it and we become monsters, too much and it becomes difficult to survive. I live in the French countryside, surrounded by very traditionnal dairy farmers. Even they tell me that they always feel sad when they sell their calves for slaughter, yet it's an essential part of the cycle of dairy farming that has gone on for centuries.
We live in Leiria district 🙂 we don't tend to give out the exact location though... If you want to find an abandoned village in central Portugal you don't have to go far. We like the idea of being "tuned in".
Before writing this post I did a little bit of reading on the origins of the term woke but decided it strays too far from the theme of this newsletter. Non the less interesting and it certainly is quite fluid these days.
Thank you for taking the time to read.
-Zak