This article reallllly rings true for me from my own experience. With some friends, I tried and failed for years to become a "beginning farmer" due to some of the challenges you describe here. Eventually I gave up and now I just help out established farmers on their own projects. Too often this means following old practices and principles that we need to move beyond to create a truly "sustainable" agriculture. Totally agreed that the popular conversation around agriculture, including among ecologically-minded people, is mostly not addressing important core issues.
This article reallllly rings true for me from my own experience. With some friends, I tried and failed for years to become a "beginning farmer" due to some of the challenges you describe here. Eventually I gave up and now I just help out established farmers on their own projects. Too often this means following old practices and principles that we need to move beyond to create a truly "sustainable" agriculture. Totally agreed that the popular conversation around agriculture, including among ecologically-minded people, is mostly not addressing important core issues.
Great post. I'm going to read the paper too.