To be honest, it's probably gonna be more gardening than farming. As far as the livestock goes, I would want to do some dairy cows and goats. A few head of steer for beef and maybe a couple horses. And lots of chixkens! I would like to grow foods we can use to teach the cooking classes. Teach real farm-to-table.

My dream is to build a place where older foster kids can come and learn important life skills. I want to build a large working farm where we can teach basic farming, butchering, culinary school. I want to teach basic things like how to make doctors appointments and how banks/credit works. I have 2 adopted kids who are grown now and my gf aged-out of the foster system. We feel like the older kids really get the shaft. They move from group home to group home until they turn 18 and are shown the door.

Maggie Gyllenhal.

Why wouldn't you want to draw attention? It would seem that a bully would be more apt to bully, unnoticed.

Adolescence moves so fast and with great change. 1 year holds a lot of experience and mental development. A 16yo is in a vastly different headspace than an 18yo. Think about yourself at 15, and hanging out with 13 year olds. It's only 2 years but there's a ton of difference.

The secret to being a grown up, is realizing nobody else knows what the fuck they're doing. The truth is, most adults are just children who got older but not wiser.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing to not put it in a fruit salad.