Hello Michael,
My name is Diana and I just joined this group today. I am single and
54 years old and liked what you said about having a small farm and
feeding others. Lately it has been placed in my heart the message
of "if you feed others, I will feed you". And though I have never
done anything of this sort, I want to move from the city to a rural
country lifestyle, or a farm (except I couldn't manage a farm by
myself) and I want to grow food to feed myself and to donate to other
Christian organizations too. I was born in Califoria and have lived
here since age 7 when the orange groves existed that I used to play
in. I have watched OC go from an agricultural based economy to what
it is now, and really miss the agricultural influences. I lived next
door to open bean and cornfields and played games in orange groves as
a child. I miss them all. I am very interested in the citrus
industry and love hearing and reading anything about it. I think it
was great that you have a link to that. I am currently trying to find
a way to support a more agricultural based lifestyle either here in
OC or somewhere else in some way. I would like to see a restoration
of some balance of agriculture to OC. All of this has been placed in
my heart to do, and I'm looking for likeminded people to get involved
with. Like you the desire does continues to stay with me. Would love
to talk more with you about your ideas.

Diana





--- In christianagrarianism@yahoogroups.com, "mlcandyman"
<mlcandyman@...> wrote:
>
> My name is Michael I am single male 57 Yrs. young. I was born
on
> a farm in calif. My family was one of the founding Citris growers
in
> So. Cal. but they and that industry are all gone.
> I have had a varied career from 21 Yrs in Law Enforcement to 15 Yrs
in
> retail management. I've been a truck driver , lumberjack and
equipment
> operator. I have four grown children and 8 grand children.
> I have it in my mind and heart to get back into agriculture. but in
an
> unconventional way.
> During the course of my time as an over the road trucker I had
a
> lot of time for thought, prayer and introspection. It may sound
goofy,
> but the lord placed in my Mind and Heart. What I call the Mathew
25: 35
> project("When I was hungry you Fed Me....") The basic idea is to
have
> a small farm, say 100 Acres or less (probably a lot less). To
produce
> enough to feed me and mine, pay operating expenses. the remainder
to
> be distributed through Christian based agencies to feed the poor.
> Right now I just have the Idea and a inner drive to see it
> through. Don't know if or how it will work. All I know is that no
> matter how many times I have discarded this idea as "Goofy or
Crazy"
> it still keeps coming back to me. If anyone has any suggestions of
> how to proceed all suggestions are welcome. Anything from site
> procurment to funding etc. I have been praying about this for
> sometime and when I happened on this site it struck a cord. Any and
> all help or suggestions welcomed. thanks
>