The Grass Whisperer
Ep. 195 – Troy Bishopp – Managing an Eastern Grazing Business – Working Cows Podcast Troy Bishopp is a farmer, a husband, a father, and a grandfather. He joined me to discuss the process of moving from a dairy with forage to a custom grazing business in central New York. We talk about the differences …
"The purpose of this weekly activity and practical data is to monitor pasture growth rates throughout locations in New York. We’re all here to learn in this pilot project."
"The tears are as free flowing as the milk once was"
Whether sequestering carbon is about adding humus or more hubris, farmers have much to consider.
"Gates' farm holdings could play “vital yet disruptive” roles in the global future of both.”
If you think this is a fast-food adventure, you’ll be sadly mistaken.
“Art is a ripening, an evolution, an uplifting which enables us to emerge from darkness into a blaze of light”. ~ Jerzy Grotowski
"The freshness of the milk and its creamy butterfat permeates your senses, and you are whole."
The challenge: It takes time to linger long enough to notice something meaningful.
When I touch old barn wood, I sense character, honesty and integrity. You might even say I’m smitten with an old piece of weathered reddish gray barn siding. It speaks to my farming heritage which exudes toughness, resiliency and true love. But like our present society, there aren’t that many farmers or aged barn wood …
