Ed Rouse on the Big Valley Farm

Conventional wisdom has it that family farms are vanishing for good, and that would be tragic. I am getting to know Ed Rouse and his family and am filled with admiration and affection for them and their way of life. Family farmers are not in it for the money – they don’t get rich. They love their land, their families, their life with animals. They stand for individualism and the American way of life in its purest and most elemental sense. They are engulfed by a wave of government indifference and bumbling, and societal disconnection from its own food and well-being. I am dedicating the book tour to family farms. I am selling signed photo notecards on Redux whose proceeds will go to helping family farmers.

And I hope to mention their plight around the country, so that people might better understand what is about to be lost. We will miss family farms if they go, and the way of life they represent. If we can bail out banks, we can help family farmers out.

This is Day Two of the Book Tour, and I have nothing scheduled, for perhaps the last day for a month. Going to get my Ipad blog set up working, hang out with Maria, nap, read, take photos, maybe play some chess. Great vibes coming from “Rose In A Storm” so far. Just beginning.