Imagine farmers do not do their job properly. What shall we eat?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imagine farmers do not think ahead. What they want to eat, to harvest, to produce, to see growing, to share with their community. What then?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u00b4s getting spring. Time to think what I want to plant this season (a Brokkoli<\/a> just reminded me, thanks for that). Time to think what I need for that. For instance: Good, healthy soil \u2013 and seeds. Latter one depending on what I want to harvest. Certain aspects crucial for farming, like the amount of sunlight and water, I can only partially influence, e.g. in looking for a space where I have easy access to both. Favorable conditions<\/em>. In the end, however, it also depends on the weather. That\u00b4s out of my control. Still, what I as a farmer can do<\/em> is to ponder about and to create conducive conditions for growing. Whatever I want to grow \u2013 it starts with a vision<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know that a field with high plant and species diversity is ultimately more resilient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know that monocultures and mechanization might seem to produce high yields \u2013 However: Ever thought about the (hidden) costs and longterm consequences? Where to grow once the soil is exploited?<\/p>\n\n\n\n While working on a biodynamic community-supported farm, the main farmer described himself as a steward<\/em> of the land. Ultimately, we are all caretakers<\/em>. Farmers of some piece of land. And educators?<\/em> \u2013 Caretakers of fertile learning processes and environments. Like in permaculture, what matters is the design. Thinking and planning prior to actually getting your hands earthy (not dirty) \u2013 to then let the plants grow together, benefitting from each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A farmer cannot take over the plant\u00b4s growth. What the farmer can do<\/em> and needs to do is being attentive \u2013 attentive to the plant\u00b4s needs during the growing process. What farmers and educators can do<\/em> is creating favorable, fertile conditions allowing seeds to sprout and take shape, evolve, grow, thrive. Becoming a plant. Nourishing all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imagine educators do not do their job properly. How will our future look like?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imagine farmers do not do their job properly. What shall we eat? Imagine farmers do not think ahead. What they want to eat, to harvest, to produce, to see growing, to share with their community. What then? It\u00b4s getting spring. Time to think what I want to plant this season (a Brokkoli just reminded me,… Blog post #18: Why farmers are role models, e.g. for educators<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18,19],"tags":[41,46,63,83],"class_list":["post-530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-human-inspiration","category-role-model","category-sustainability-education","tag-course-design","tag-education","tag-permaculture","tag-unfold-human-potential","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":762,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}