| Hello All, I am wondering if anyone would be interested in discussing green agriculture? My husband and I have been working on a ten year plan to get the chemicals out of the gound and turn our ranch property into a sustainable, no better than that, grazing operation that gets the water and mineral cycles working again by using the livestock. We run multi-species (cattle, sheep, goats, horses). We COULD have almost 500 acres gravity flow sprinklers but yet we don't qualify for government help because we didn't have the funding to get it all going so even though we have the water and rights they declare us non-irrigated. We don't really want government money because our goals do not match. We have advertised and tried and tried to get investors but everyone just wants to make money in the short run and it doesn't seem to matter what is right for the earth in the long run. I just don't get it? Why is GREEN in except when it comes to Ag? There are so many celebrities and influencial people going GREEN, but why will no one help us in Ag that want to make a difference? The oil and gas people want to ruin us too and no one will help us so far. They told my husband and I "your place won't be worth anything when we get done". I was told by our broker today that GREEN is the new RED, WHITE, and BLUE. I am confused if that just means in terms of everyone talking but no-one really doing what it takes?
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