Farming is NOT “A job that just anyone can do.” (This is in response to a meme.)
SERIOUSLY!!! And on a deeply related note…
If I had a dime for every time I have seen some kind of ad post by a permaculture design bro who gets paid kazillions of dollars to do consult at somebody’s “homestead,” < Multiple nausea emoticons>
Note, I don’t have an issue with people making money, or even maybe lots of money, but I do have an issue with high paid jetsetting consultants who are giving expensive advice that is basically rearranging the decks on the titanic at best.
Rarely has anyone ever been willing to pay me for my extensive education, including extensive land-based apprenticeships (Oh, they contact me with their questions, but then it turns out they’re not willing to pay me 🤣🤢🤦🏻♀️),
… but if they were ever (on some other hypothetical planet and some other dimension) to cross my palm with silver (as opposed to just offering me lunch or tea,* both of which would require me to spend extra time with them), I would get right down to brass tacks with my esteemed clients, and be like, PLEASE let’s get real. Why are you suddenly trying to be goat farmers when you are a 59-year-old CEO of a pharmaceutical company or you are a loan officer or something?
Or, please, young man who makes 150 an hour and has a perfectly good house in town!! if you even THINK it might be a good idea to install your young bride alone with your newborn and or toddler on some remote acreage, you will be looking for a divorce lawyer not a Permaculture design consultant lol
In Permaculture design, the above are examples of what we call a type one error. Sadly, many a Permaculture designer themselves seem to have forgotten this.
* Yes, sadly, both of these offers have actually happened. On numerous occasions.