Growing A Farmer Response II

Though skeptical at the start, I ended up enjoying reading about Timmermeister’s farming adventure. Born and raised in Los Angeles, I have, at times, thought about what it would be like to drop everything, move out to the countryside, and a start a farm. This idea is precisely what Timmermeister’s story depicts. I feel in today’s society many people will not admit when they have failed. Instead, Timmermeister takes his failures and provides in-depth descriptions of these failures. This gained my respect for the author and gave me the further enjoyment of his story.

Up until this book, most farming articles or literature I have read has been about animal cruelty, greenhouse gasses, pesticides, etc. Timmermeister brings up these issues but keeps more focused on his journey and path, which I enjoyed. Lastly, I loved that Timmermeister was chasing the original American Dream. In the consumer society of today, the American Dream has changed into a materialistic and trivial dream. Timmermeister’s dream carries a naïve sense of nostalgia which brings the reader back to the principal of hard work, dedication, and passion to lead to success.

I loved hearing about Timmermeister’s farm to table dinner’s he would host. I thought it was a smart and interesting way to combine his new life with his old life. It sounded like an enjoyable, neighborly experience that I would love to attend. Personally, my least favorite chapters were the slaughtering chapter and the butchering chapter. As said in my previous response, I did not enjoy Timmermeister’s use of extreme detail, and this was especially true in this section!