From the Porch
As I citizen of Waller County, I want to get to know my neighbors better. In our busy lives, we struggle to have those great front porch conversations that help build community, so I am facilitating the first step. However, I want to challenge each of you to build on this idea and support these businesses...these churches...these people. Join us, from the porch.
From the Porch
Tom Paben
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Generations of farming experience you can learn so much about! Click through to your areas of interest to educate yourself and stay healthier with fresh, local foods.
0:00- 0:21 Intro
0:22- 3:40 German ancestry
3:41- 8:13 Peanut farming with Brejcha , Davis
8:14- 9:02 Corn crops
9:03- 13:00 cattle breed preferences, feeding, pricing, screwworm, foot and mouth disease
13:01- 16:12 Entry into farming issues, equipment, hay, urban sprawl, tax breaks, leases, fences and capital improvements, water issues, infrastructure
16:13-21:09 Texas Farm Bureau, “Right To Farm”, lobbyists, grass roots issues go to state level, education, insurance for members
21:10-24:36 flooding issues, Retention ponds, designated agriculatural areas for grazing, farmland to taxable assets? Ag has value! Best use!
24:37- 28:05 Trucking in vegetables, getting it to market struggles, find co-ops
28:06-29:54 Educate yourself. Join Farm Bureau. Know your Farmer! Promote agriculture!
