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Eva's avatar

We owe such a debt and gratitude to all our local farmers. Often in the background, working constantly, loving their calling and their animals and land. Working to feed our communities and they are absolutely our way forward 😊🙏

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

And so kind to allow pretend farmers like myself in for a visit! Farmers have it sussed. Cows are wonderful company.

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Eva's avatar

It’s lovely you are taking an interesting and offering to help, and sharing with us all 😊

I admit we have a wonderful regenerative dairy farm local with a farm shop/cafe and when we go we always have a little chat with their cows.

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Daithi's avatar

Makes you think doesnt it. Most farmers I knew had names for all their cows. They were like family friends. Yet Gates wants to shut down farming as we know it, they want to cut meat production but its farmers who feed all of us. Evil.

The Bible tells us that God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. Not Bill Gates.

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

Bill and Co can go and shite.

Have you seen the film the Silver Branch? I think you'd love it. https://www.silverbranch.ie/

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20454637.html

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Daithi's avatar

Yes and preferably behind bars.

Will take a look at the film. Havent seen it as yet.

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Abby Wynne's avatar

That’s where it’s at. I’m watching clarksons farm season 2. He just got cows. Funny you write about this now. We need to go back to the traditional way of living. Love your prose you’re quite the writer. Refreshing piece of work I enjoyed it thank you!

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

Haha really! This I would like to see. I'm just deflecting further from the world here :)

Lost a bunch of subscribers though. Hard to win isn't it! X

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Abby Wynne's avatar

I lose them all the time. You’re finding your feet. Mucky feet! I’m going to stick around xx

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Peter Soden's avatar

* Yes, a very nice piece, letting us forget for a moment the existential days we are in; streaming sunshine, warm shed, big-eyed, innocent cows and the siempre scurrying farmer. The sad plight of the Irish/EU farmer.

* Perhaps you could put in a €10 ☕ button/tab.

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

Or a buy a bale of silage tab :)

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Denis Murphy's avatar

Thanks

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Peripatetic's avatar

Lovely, thank you!

Maybe some of your readers might be interested: I have started a new Substack:

An Irishman's Diary - In Times of War and Pestilence

https://anirishmansdiary.substack.com/p/an-irishmans-diary-in-times-of-war

It's an Irishman's local take on the current political and cultural goings-on of central European parts with a healthy dollop of historical sauce.

First post: Witch-burning, NATO, and modern-day propaganda in Germany.

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

Great I'll definitely take a look at this

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