A Catholic Land Movement: Field of Dreams

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Field of Dreams

We have big plans for this field. Tucked in behind some hills, right on a river... Its a dream. Is anyone farming it? Nope. Do they want someone to? Yep.

To get there, you take a path that opens up to it like so:

Some thoughts for those who want to move to the land. Stop looking for land to buy. There's tons of land out there ready to be farmed. Read any "how to" farm book and that's some of the FIRST advice you get. Don't invest in what you know nothing of. Start slow and build slow. Be creative. Just stop googling for land for sale. This is a lesson I'm still learning.

1 comment:

deProfundisNovember 10, 2012 at 4:21 PM
We still haven't found any good opportunities for land that needs to be worked and is in the mean time sitting fallow.

I guess I'm not really sure where to look.
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"It is essential to cultivate and spread a clear ethic that is up to the task of addressing current challenges: Everyone should educate themselves in more wise and responsible consumption; promote personal responsibility, along with the social dimension of rural activities, which are based on perennial values, such as hospitality, solidarity, and the sharing of the toil of labor. More than a few young people have already chosen this path; also many professionals are returning to dedicate themselves to the agricultural enterprise, feeling that they are responding not only to a personal and family need, but also to a 'sign of the times,' to a concrete sensibility for the 'common good.'

"Let us pray to the Virgin Mary that these reflections can serve as a stimulus to the international community, while we give our thanks to God for the fruits of the earth and the work of man."

Pope Benedict XVI

NOV. 14, 2010
From an address titled:
On Agricultural Work