Friend, allow me “to put a bug in your ear” about something that’s been bothering me. It’s the frequently used phrase “conventional farming.” If you sense the presence of a small airborne insect right now it’s likely that aforementioned bug headed for your ear. There’s no swatting required; it’s a metaphorical bug. Perhaps there’s a pesticide on the market for that metaphorical entomological specimen. It’s undeniably the “cides” that partially characterize what is popularly called conventional farming – those being herbicides, fungicides and pesticides. But I digress.
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Greg Galbraith owned and operated for 30 years a grazing-based dairy farm in central Wisconsin, until selling it to another couple who continues to operate an organic grass-based dairy. He’s an agrarian writer who’s involved in projects promoting the environmental and social benefits of an agricultural landscape dedicated to the functional permanent cover that managed pasture provides.
