Billie Best — farmer, writer, consultant

Blog archives for September, 2011


Archive for September, 2011

Friday, September 30th, 2011

It’s not often my cows and global corporations cry together, but then it’s weaning time. Seis has been fed by her mother, Cinco, for so long, she has no idea what it’s like to go out and get food for herself every day, and by the sound of her voice, I’d say she thinks it’s [...]

Monday, September 19th, 2011

I woke up at 4:00 in the morning on August 24th feeling like I had been hit in the gut with a baseball bat. I assumed it was an evil bladder infection, so I chugged a pint of water. Within a few minutes I threw up the water. It definitely was not a bladder infection. [...]

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

I spent the summer farming as much as possible, playing hooky from my consulting practice, limiting my volunteer work, squeezing out my writing, and ignoring my housekeeping. It was my fourth summer as the sole farmer on the farm. Finally I felt I perfected every mission critical task and process. I was gung ho to manage [...]