You Count!
There's no place for Imposter Syndrome on the farm.
You count. Yes, you.
Full-time
Part-time
Hobby farm
Side hustle
Homesteader sharing the extras
Weekender
Working two or three jobs
Selling seasonally
Finishing "just a few" beef a year
Running chickens or rabbits on the lawn
Grower of the inedible (flower, fiber)
Single cow dairy
Laborer at someone else's farm
Farmwife
Selling at the farmer's markets
Not selling at the farmer's markets
Farming after work
Farming during kid naps
Run a little farmstand with extras from your garden
Farm store stocking other producer's goods
Urban farmer
First-gen uncertainty
Next-gen uncertainty
Spends more time in spreadsheets than in the dirt
If you are producing agricultural products for the benefit of other humans, YOU COUNT.
You are a part of the food system - your contribution is equally valid.
You are needed.
And you are so much more than "just a ..."
There's no time for this imposter syndrome nonsense.
Get out there and serve your people āØ
š· Zoe Richardson