Are You an Autodidact? You Should Be! Episode 15

In case our amazing listeners haven't noticed, our ending tag line is : Every day is an opportunity to learn something new.

How do we learn new things on the farm or in our every day lives? Many, many different ways!

First of all, you need to figure out your learning style. Then don't be afraid to fail because you will.

These are just some of the areas or ways that we learn:

-podcasts

-YouTube, Rumble, Odessy

-Facebook Groups

-Books: old, new, and used (Thriftbooks is an awesome opportunity!)

-Finding a mentor whether it be in person or online

-Makerspaces

-Local Community College or your Local FFA instructor

-USDA agent

-Master Gardener Groups

-Conferences (like Back to the Land or Self Reliance)

-Coworkers or Neighbors

-Your Tribe and Extended Family

Here is a small list of our favorite books:

-Temple Grandin's Guide to Working with Farm Animals

-Moving 'Em: A Guide to Low Stress Animal Handling by Burt Smith

-No Risk Ranching: Custom Grazing on Leased Land by Greg Judy

-The Lasater Philosophy of Cattle Rasing by Laurence M. Lasater

-The New Self-Sufficient Gardening by John Seymour

-Forging The Hero

-Farm and Workshop Welding by Andrew Pearce

-The Contrary Farmer by Gene Logsdon

-Polyface Micro by Joel Salatin

Thanks for listening!