How does a small, family-owned dairy farm survive over a hundred years and continue to grow in today’s shaky economy and flawed agricultural system—while maintaining a self-sufficient mindset? 
 
Join me as I talk to Derrick Josi of TDF Honest Farming or, as I originally knew him, the Tillamook Dairy Farmer! Derrick Josi is steadfast in his quest to share farming through the community he’s established online behind the handle TDF Honest Farming. Born into a lineage of dairy farmers in the Pacific Northwest, he farms the same land as his great-grandfather, Alfred, who came to the United States from Switzerland as an indentured servant in 1912. A lot has changed in the 105 years they've been dairying in Tillamook, and Derrick is opening up modern Dairy to the world on a daily basis.

In this episode, we talk about how farming practices are changing, the pros and cons of subsidies, state laws, restrictions, price floors, and school vouchers for homeschoolers and private schoolers. 
 
And, are cows really causing global warming? Hear Derrick weigh in with a simple explanation of the Biogenic Carbon Cycle. 
 
Derrick tells what it’s like to share the highs and lows of dairy farming with his 1 million+ Facebook followers and 100,000 Instagram followers plus a behind-the-scenes of life on the farm—the good, the bad, and the ugly—just for my listeners.  
 
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“Even at 40 years old, like myself, you need to be growing as a person, learning new things …  I want to still be learning and doing things well into my retirement because I am a firm believer that if you're not learning and growing, you're going the other way.” - Derrick Josi
 
Other Resources: 
Book: An Industry Worth Fighting For by Derrick Josi and Steve Olivas https://www.amazon.com/Industry-Worth-Fighting-Derrick-Josi/dp/1956577009
 
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