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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1810561" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Most people are now 3 or more generations away from farm and ranch life. </p><p>Used to hear people say oh yeah my grandparents had a farm, but now it's not even a remote concept.</p><p>My wife was that situation, her grandparents on one side had a fairly sizable acreage and ran cattle and raised a big garden. She helped them some, but it was still a learning experience for her when we married and was faced with the reality of the day today. She learned pretty fast, and is now trying to educate people about the life.</p><p>She runs a BnB short term rental on property. We often meet with guests to show them around the farm and answer questions that they may have. We try to convey the whole story in as condensed version as we can to hopefully give folks a better understanding.</p><p>We've found that lots of times out of state people from places you would think wouldn't be receptive are much more so than people in our own community, but that's a whole nother story in itself. </p><p>Bulls have horns cows don't. Largely believed but false. Have even had a city chauvinistic friend of my wife's even argue with her on that. He wasn't happy when I confirmed it.</p><p>Wife tells people about how cattle are on pasture most of their lives and how they are not pumped full of antibiotics.</p><p>We have a sister-in-law originally from California, last time she visited she was on a tear about how dairies were mistreating their calves. Even after explaining things it was clear she still had her views.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1810561, member: 24816"] Most people are now 3 or more generations away from farm and ranch life. Used to hear people say oh yeah my grandparents had a farm, but now it’s not even a remote concept. My wife was that situation, her grandparents on one side had a fairly sizable acreage and ran cattle and raised a big garden. She helped them some, but it was still a learning experience for her when we married and was faced with the reality of the day today. She learned pretty fast, and is now trying to educate people about the life. She runs a BnB short term rental on property. We often meet with guests to show them around the farm and answer questions that they may have. We try to convey the whole story in as condensed version as we can to hopefully give folks a better understanding. We’ve found that lots of times out of state people from places you would think wouldn’t be receptive are much more so than people in our own community, but that’s a whole nother story in itself. Bulls have horns cows don’t. Largely believed but false. Have even had a city chauvinistic friend of my wife’s even argue with her on that. He wasn’t happy when I confirmed it. Wife tells people about how cattle are on pasture most of their lives and how they are not pumped full of antibiotics. We have a sister-in-law originally from California, last time she visited she was on a tear about how dairies were mistreating their calves. Even after explaining things it was clear she still had her views. [/QUOTE]
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