I grew up in a time of highly processed food, only to find out that all you need is a few acres, a couple of animals, and you can eat like a king. 🌱🐓 It's amazing how much we've strayed from the basics of food production and the simple joy of growing and raising our own nourishment. #sustainableliving #homesteading #eatlocal #organicfarming #simpleliving #backtothebasics #sustainableeating #knowyourfood #farmtofork #bitcoin #chickens #pigs #farm 
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The issue with having your own animals is dealing with illness. It's all-too easy to lose a cow to something simple and then scrambling to replace the dead one.
I'm 100% with you on this but that's my one stopping point because I can't afford to replace an animal I've lost and the medications that vets used to be able to give out relatively freely in Canada have become much more regulated in the past ten years or so.
All our animals are raised on pasture and rotationally grazed. We provide good food, minerals, fresh water and a healthy environment. We don't vaccinate. Over two years into this we have had many births and no losses to illness (other than chickens).
Many people need to learn from you. You should plan a weekly or monthly date to talk, and go to cornychat.com and set up a homesteading room and help other homesteaders give tips to people on all this wealth of knowledge.
This is a Nostr app site.
You are kind. I will look into it.
What breed of hog do you raise? We have Large Blacks.
We usually raise berks, I buy them at 8
Weeks and raise them for about 8 months then harvest them.
