Comments on: Thinking About the future http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/08/18/thinking-about-the-future/ The thoughts and journal of a Christian farm family. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Northern Farmer http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/08/18/thinking-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Northern Farmer Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:57:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=45#comment-123 JM, We're in for some interesting times, that's for sure. Tom JM,
We’re in for some interesting times, that’s for sure.

Tom

]]> By: JM http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/08/18/thinking-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-122 JM Sun, 21 Aug 2005 03:20:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=45#comment-122 Tom, You are an inspiration to be sure. I agree with you. The future will be much different than the past. Christian agrarians will have to band together for basic commerce. Some day, cash will be outlawed and you'll only have the "card." I know you hate those, and I do too. True Christian beleivers must never submit to such a lifestyle, and the skills of self-sufficiency will be in high demand! JM Tom,

You are an inspiration to be sure. I agree with you. The future will be much different than the past. Christian agrarians will have to band together for basic commerce. Some day, cash will be outlawed and you’ll only have the “card.” I know you hate those, and I do too. True Christian beleivers must never submit to such a lifestyle, and the skills of self-sufficiency will be in high demand!

JM

]]> By: Northern Farmer http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/08/18/thinking-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Northern Farmer Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=45#comment-121 Sallie, Thanks so much. I've never thought about my writing style, just hammer out what I think and dream. Balestacker, I "do" know what you mean. I've seen it and lived it. My feelings are that in tough times or should I say times much different than now priorities will be different for people. When the dust settles in the future food will be important, where as now it's an expected right. My ramblings are just that, dreaming and hoping of how things will be for our future generations. Returning to a God based agrarian society. Our way of life today sets up family members against family members who expect their share in the industrial world. My feeling is that this is the number one enemy to the family farms. Trying to be "modern". Sooner or later it'll destroy the family and the farm. That is for sure. Our duty is to be different, apart from the world, and work to set up a much better way. Thanks, Tom Sallie,
Thanks so much. I’ve never thought about my writing style, just hammer out what I think and dream.

Balestacker,
I “do” know what you mean. I’ve seen it and lived it. My feelings are that in tough times or should I say times much different than now priorities will be different for people. When the dust settles in the future food will be important, where as now it’s an expected right. My ramblings are just that, dreaming and hoping of how things will be for our future generations. Returning to a God based agrarian society. Our way of life today sets up family members against family members who expect their share in the industrial world. My feeling is that this is the number one enemy to the family farms. Trying to be “modern”. Sooner or later it’ll destroy the family and the farm. That is for sure. Our duty is to be different, apart from the world, and work to set up a much better way. Thanks,

Tom

]]> By: balestacker http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/08/18/thinking-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-120 balestacker Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:20:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=45#comment-120 Tom, I too have been wondering what farms may look like in the years ahead. And I applaud your willingness to share land, knowledge and expertise with family and friends - but keep your powder dry. I think farming will have to become more diversified and the labor may have to come from something other then petroleum. These changes will make life a little dicey for folks already on the land. On the one hand, you will need the extra hands to get the work done. On the other hand, there will be more mouths to feed and more potential for interpersonal squabbling. Choose your hands & mouths carefully. A good friend of mine had to leave a ranch that had been in his family for generations, simply because family members couldn't get along. There was all this finger pointing going on about so and so not working as hard as me and getting a bigger piece of the pie then me and on and on. And this was supposedly a christian family. It was heart-breaking to watch, believe me. Still, there's nothing like hard times to adjust attitudes and knit people together. The ranching family mentioned above had stuck together for 5 generations - they fought weather, bugs, drought and winter-killed stock for 100 years - but they couldn't stick together through prosperity. I'm sure you understand my meaning. Tom,

I too have been wondering what farms may look like in the years ahead. And I applaud your willingness to share land, knowledge and expertise with family and friends - but keep your powder dry. I think farming will have to become more diversified and the labor may have to come from something other then petroleum. These changes will make life a little dicey for folks already on the land. On the one hand, you will need the extra hands to get the work done. On the other hand, there will be more mouths to feed and more potential for interpersonal squabbling. Choose your hands & mouths carefully.

A good friend of mine had to leave a ranch that had been in his family for generations, simply because family members couldn’t get along. There was all this finger pointing going on about so and so not working as hard as me and getting a bigger piece of the pie then me and on and on. And this was supposedly a christian family. It was heart-breaking to watch, believe me.

Still, there’s nothing like hard times to adjust attitudes and knit people together. The ranching family mentioned above had stuck together for 5 generations - they fought weather, bugs, drought and winter-killed stock for 100 years - but they couldn’t stick together through prosperity. I’m sure you understand my meaning.

]]> By: Sallie http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/08/18/thinking-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Sallie Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:10:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=45#comment-119 Tom, Hello! I found your blog today and have been enjoying it. I like your writing style and you seem to have lots of interesting insights and experiences to share. I look forward to returning many times. In Christ, Sallie Tom,

Hello! I found your blog today and have been enjoying it. I like your writing style and you seem to have lots of interesting insights and experiences to share. I look forward to returning many times.

In Christ,
Sallie

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