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desant · 08-12-2009, 12:16 PM

It would be the best job ever to grow weed for commercial purposes if it was legal.

But for now legal crops will do. I would like to buy some land and grow legals and aply my superb agricultural skills

In order of preference i would like to grow:

1. Tobacco (for cigars)
2. Coffee
3. Grapes/Wine

Iit would mean lving away from town in the country which is what i want to do.

Any legal farmers on IC?

Dr Dog · 08-12-2009, 12:22 PM

watched a great Doc last night on Dan Rather reports on HDnet, all about urban farming. Using the tops of buildings for growing.

Great idea, and apparently legal and you get tones of grants and payments.

CANNACO-OP · 08-12-2009, 03:32 PM

Pharmers and Farmers here!

tariq · 08-12-2009, 03:35 PM

Yeah in Chicago they offer grants and up to 20,000 for 'green' roof-tops. The city is really big on pushing for green roof-tops. Too bad everything else isn't coming up roses over here...

fishheadbob · 08-13-2009, 01:41 PM

Read a lot. Look around; grow what works in your area. Get tight with someone already farming and learn from him. While it would be nice to get paid for your labor, sometimes you have to pay tuition for an education. Lots of people have pipedreams about living in bucolic harmony with nature only to find that Mother Nature can be a motherfucker.
Days are long, work is hard, profits are few. But rewards can be great, just not the economic rewards.

boroboro · 08-13-2009, 02:58 PM

Just passed a van headed to the local farmer's market this morning. I passed him only because his van was going 10 miles an hour under the speed limit. It looked like that was the maximum safe speed for the ancient van and trailer with wobbling wheels. Didn't look like an indication of a very profitable activity.

Also, IIRC, tobacco farming in the USA is heavily controlled. If you have a license/permit you may do well, but if you don't you're out of luck. Sounded like trying to get into lobster fishing in Maine (i.e. if you or your family or friends aren't already lobstermen, forget about it).

08-13-2009, 03:04 PM

We are farmers. We raise cattle,tomatoes, and chickens. It is not that hard most of the year. A few weeks in the summer is the only really hectic time. My husband worked over 300 hours in the month of June but he made enough money to last us a couple of years. During the winter we only work an hour or two a day.

When we bought our land and started farming everybody in my family thought we were crazy. They all told us how mother nature would beat us to a pulp and so on. I am now the most prosperous member of my family(that's not saying much!) and our initial loan was paid off in just a few years.

Go for it. Don't listen to the naysayers. There will always be people who confuse what they can do with what you can do.

nepalnt21 · 08-14-2009, 12:50 AM

*sigh*

sounds like the life

DankHawk · 08-14-2009, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by CANNACO-OP

Pharmers and Farmers here!

Same here

Homesteading in the mountains. We farm to eat and for our medicine.

08-14-2009, 09:32 AM

nebraska farmers are doing pretty damn good, with all the subsidies and rain and good weather its been pretty good for them

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desant Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,034	Buying land and becoming a farmer It would be the best job ever to grow weed for commercial purposes if it was legal. But for now legal crops will do. I would like to buy some land and grow legals and aply my superb agricultural skills In order of preference i would like to grow: 1. Tobacco (for cigars) 2. Coffee 3. Grapes/Wine Iit would mean lving away from town in the country which is what i want to do. Any legal farmers on IC?
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Dr Dog Sharks have a week dedicated to me Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CANNADA Posts: 7,216	watched a great Doc last night on Dan Rather reports on HDnet, all about urban farming. Using the tops of buildings for growing. Great idea, and apparently legal and you get tones of grants and payments. __________________ Federally Registered Designated Grower THE BUD HUNTER Medicinal Marijuana Advocate
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tariq Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Us and A... Gypsy... Posts: 53	Yeah in Chicago they offer grants and up to 20,000 for 'green' roof-tops. The city is really big on pushing for green roof-tops. Too bad everything else isn't coming up roses over here...
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08-13-2009, 01:41 PM	#5
fishheadbob Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 392	Read a lot. Look around; grow what works in your area. Get tight with someone already farming and learn from him. While it would be nice to get paid for your labor, sometimes you have to pay tuition for an education. Lots of people have pipedreams about living in bucolic harmony with nature only to find that Mother Nature can be a motherfucker. Days are long, work is hard, profits are few. But rewards can be great, just not the economic rewards.
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08-13-2009, 02:58 PM	#6
boroboro Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 505	Just passed a van headed to the local farmer's market this morning. I passed him only because his van was going 10 miles an hour under the speed limit. It looked like that was the maximum safe speed for the ancient van and trailer with wobbling wheels. Didn't look like an indication of a very profitable activity. Also, IIRC, tobacco farming in the USA is heavily controlled. If you have a license/permit you may do well, but if you don't you're out of luck. Sounded like trying to get into lobster fishing in Maine (i.e. if you or your family or friends aren't already lobstermen, forget about it).
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08-13-2009, 03:04 PM	#7
Gilles&Cheryl Guest Posts: n/a	We are farmers. We raise cattle,tomatoes, and chickens. It is not that hard most of the year. A few weeks in the summer is the only really hectic time. My husband worked over 300 hours in the month of June but he made enough money to last us a couple of years. During the winter we only work an hour or two a day. When we bought our land and started farming everybody in my family thought we were crazy. They all told us how mother nature would beat us to a pulp and so on. I am now the most prosperous member of my family(that's not saying much!) and our initial loan was paid off in just a few years. Go for it. Don't listen to the naysayers. There will always be people who confuse what they can do with what you can do.
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08-14-2009, 12:50 AM	#8
nepalnt21 FRRRRRResh! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 759	sigh sounds like the life
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08-14-2009, 09:32 AM	#10
mrred Guest Posts: n/a	nebraska farmers are doing pretty damn good, with all the subsidies and rain and good weather its been pretty good for them
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