House Cleaning
I rather enjoy the yearly bluebird box monitoring and cleanout since it signals the greening of my favorite crop.
Troy Bishopp, affectionately known as “The Grass Whisperer”, is a 35 year well-seasoned grass farmer, a grasslands advocate, and a voice for grassfed livestock producers to the media, consumers, restaurateurs and policy-makers. Troy owns and manages Bishopp Family Farm in Deansboro, NY with his understanding wife, daughters, grandchildren and parents. In addition to farming, Bishopp takes this passion and work ethic to the Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Upper Susquehanna Coalition and directs grazing assistance and practical holistic land management concepts to hundreds of area farmers. He’s also a professional speaker and a free-lance writer/photographer for Lee Newspapers, OnPasture.com, and other regional and national media outlets.
I rather enjoy the yearly bluebird box monitoring and cleanout since it signals the greening of my favorite crop.
"The emotional duty to the people is very hard as I interact with countless families I’ve grown up with on these somber days of grief."
In the words of my late brother, Scott Bishopp: “Let me pay you the compliment of being blunt.”
"As many can identify, it has led a full life of adventures, not just holding coffee".
Since I’m on the cusp of being labeled a “Senior Citizen”, I’ve been asked to talk about my experiences, contexts and practical things from the grass whisperer’s lens. Most of the learning however, comes from visiting and sharing with other folks about their experiences and contexts AND building relationships. I hope to inflict things to …
"It’s for our next generations that we do what we do. It’s our why! It’s the most powerful tool or incentive for the future we have---If we choose to use it!
Burlington, VT—Did someone say cheese? Whether you arrive in Vermont sporting a cowboy hat or ball cap, cheese of the dairy kind or the photography verb are part of any tour to the pastures of the Green Mountain state. And it’s better if it ain’t raining! Farmers, ranchers, educators, service providers and Vermont host farms …
"It keeps happening, especially to me, the contrary farmer-----that words don’t equate to actions."
Waterville, N.Y. —- Ben Franklin said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn”. Involvement with natural systems is a hallmark of folks working in local conservation efforts. And so is sharing hands-on learning with the next generation of conservationists. Education is as close as one’s eyes, …