Ottakee mentioned the scratch and sniff manure brochure in the comment section of this post . I really need to tell you that story. Our county is THE main agricultural county in Michigan (both in dollar amounts, and diversity of products grown). Our vistas (though mostly flat) are beautiful, and the communities are very family-friendly. This area has also been until recently a fabulous place for industry. Because it's such a great place to live, lots of people have moved here over the years. And many of them want to live out in the country! Until... ...they realize that farming is not what they remember from the Old MacDonald storybooks. Tractors working long past dark during planting and harvest season. Gravel roads with potholes. Flies. Odors, even. Many people have moved out to the country, and then turned right around and made it hard for farmers to farm. Lawsuits. Angry accusations. Dashed dreams. So our county's Farm Bureau went proactive, and made up a b...
A look at life on a small family farm