Growing a Farmer #2

          Let me start off with a short list of positive aspects of this book before I talk about why it was such a bad one. The only good part about this book was they formatting of the book and the way it was written. This book was written in plain English, and sounded as if the author Kurt Timmermeister was speaking it. Additionally, I also admire Kurt’s risk to invest all he had in something he found passion for that he was unfamiliar to begin with.

At the beginning of the book when Kurt wrote his introduction I thought I might me able to enjoy the book. Kurt said that he won’t except us to be a farmer because if this book. I thought from this introduction, there would be a lot of aspects to this book that was not related to just the process of farming. The first couple of chapters kept me a little interested because of his discussion that involved operations, business, and even real estate. However, most of the book related to specifically only the process of farming, and agriculture in general. For example, the parts of the book I hated the most was when he discussed the slaughtering of animals, specifically pigs. For the most part, the scene I pictured during these moments of the book made me uncomfortable and dissatisfied by the extent of it. Furthermore, I was most bored with the book when he decided to spend about one chapter just speaking about bees. I found this part to be questionable as well because his solutions for bees dying. I do not think Kurt had the right idea in mind to just continue and buy new boxes.  

Lastly, I believe the reason for my loss of interest throughout the book was due to my lack of care for farming, agriculture, and the process of how are food is prepared. Although, I did not like the content of the book I received valuable lessons from the author which is to follow your passion, take risks, and ultimately believing in something big. I would definitely read a book similar to this style again, but a completely different subject.