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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6 May 2018

      Been tweeting a lot about bad ideas lately. Let's switch gears and talk about some Blessed Concepts in Agriculture.

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    2. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6 May 2018

      1. Diversifying Crops For Better Luck With Labor The foodie world focuses on diversifying crops because of the environment & "if it's bad weather for 1 crop, it might still be good for others" Those aren't wrong, but I think they also actually miss the #1 reason to branch out.

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    3. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6 May 2018

      Storytime: once worked w a big apple-growing region in upper midwest. Dozens of family farms growing apples & nothing else. A one-county applepalooza. These growers had the WORST time with labor. #1 problem that came up, way beyond weather or bugs or markets.

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    4. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6 May 2018

      I drive 2 hrs north. Asked growers there "how's the labor situation?" 100% of the farmers said "it's fine ... why?"

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    5. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6 May 2018

      Turns out none of the farms in the north zone were apples-only. They all grew asparagus, cherries, AND apples. Asparagus harvest = early spring cherries = late spring, mid summer apples = late summer through late fall

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    6. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6 May 2018

      They just split farms into crops that spread their labor across the entire season, so people could come, stay, & do a steady job for 8-9 months. That's it. Migrant workers'd rather migrate less, & the farm can land people early in the season and keep them all the way through.

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    7. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6 May 2018

      The folks having a hard time were the ones who put the whole farm on one crop, and it was the same crop all the neighbors were growing too. So each farm could only put pickers to work for maybe 4-6 wks. And it was the same exact 4-6 weeks as the whole rest of the county.

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    8. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6 May 2018

      I think about this every time farms complain about how "impossible" labor is. Turns out if a farm invests in being a good job prospect, hiring gets a lot easier? so weird

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    9. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6 May 2018

      2. Grassfed Livestock* is legitimately better for you, the environment, & makes more sense financially *ruminants (cows, goats, sheep). they ... actually eat grass. pigs & poultry on pasture = a whole nother discussion

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 May 2018
      Replying to @SarahTaber_bww

      " pigs & poultry on pasture = a whole nother discussion" I want to hear that one!

      6:16 AM - 7 May 2018
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        2. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 7 May 2018
          Replying to @MorlockP

          for another day but tl;dr their stomachs work more or less like ours, they don't really eat grass, so to "pasture" them takes a different game plan

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 May 2018
          Replying to @SarahTaber_bww

          yep; I know the short version (raise pigs every year on the farm), but am curious for the longer version (some day)

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