Beautiful way to put it!
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I think that's something that already exists. Can't think of where I heard of it, though.
Can't tell if sarcasm, but two versions come to mind; non-monastic farmers & monastics who farmed.
- eg: Marpa is one of the 'lineage fathers' of Mahamudra, the first Tibetan in that line. Had an 'ordinary' life as a farmer whilst being a virtuoso translator & mediation master.
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And for the monastics who farmed, examples are all over the place.
RE: Zen, as far as I know the farming traditions are more common in Korea and also where monasteries weren't near to a suitable begging route. Where begging was possible, farming tended to stop, farming is hard.
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