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Sarah Taber

This ranch is a great case study in "Just because you can ranch cattle here, doesn't mean you should."

There's also a caribou herd there that AFAIK doesn't wander down into the wave zone to graze, because they eat lichen in the winter. It helps to be adapted to the local area!

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Peter Hald replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber

A weird and wonderful story!
Thanks

Sarah Taber replied to Sarah

ps. I'm running for Commissioner of Agriculture in North Carolina. Whale tales aside- I'm here for solving rural areas' economic challenges. And I can't do it alone, so if you can, help me win this thing!

Website: taberfornc.com

Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/mast

Tom Pearce replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber I don't think I can do much from Scotland other than boosting your post, but my best wishes. Good luck!

AccordionBruce replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber
The Vikings starved in Greenland because they tried to grow cattle and sheep didn’t they?

And refused to ask the Inuit how they’d been surviving all this time?

Shakes head at arrogant Norwegian ancestors

Gurre VildskΓ€gg replied to AccordionBruce

@AccordionBruce @sarahtaber
The Norse made it a few centuries on Greenland with their farming techniques from Iceland.

But yeah, the the climate shifted to Greenland being like today, and there's no sign of them adopting anything from the Inuit who lived to the north. Some contact must have existed, but no nothing learned, no intermarriages.

/have read up on it a few times since high school iut of interest.

Hisham replied to AccordionBruce

@AccordionBruce honest question from someone from the other side of the Equator: how do the inuit do it?

ahimsa replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber Thanks for sharing that story!

In the alt text for one of the images it says, "Screenshot from the article linked above." But I didn't see a link in any of the posts.

I think this story is the source of the quotes, just for anyone else who is curious:

cowboysindians.com/2018/03/the

cpm replied to Sarah
ShadSterling replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber I wish my local candidates had campaign ads as good as this!

Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber I just donated! If you happen to be doing any text banks or postcarding please toot that too.

PS Thanks for being active here in the #Fediverse. I was a longtime follower back on Xitter.

Nivex 🐧 πŸ“» replied to Diane

@alienghic @sarahtaber I have perished from laughter induced asphyxia.

Marsh Gardiner πŸ’‘πŸπŸ”§ replied to Diane

@alienghic @sarahtaber I must say... the kelp-making machine that brought cow-me to this story-beach was a big set up by the Diane-orcas for the precise goal of making this joke.

Diane πŸ•΅ replied to Marsh Gardiner πŸ’‘πŸπŸ”§

@earth2marsh @sarahtaber

I don't think I have ever managed to make a pun as perfect as this pun before.

Greg Johnston replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber Let's file that one in the "didn't think it through" folder.

soaproot replied to Greg

@GPJohnston @sarahtaber Wait you are saying that you are thinking of establishing a cattle ranch and that "what if predation by ORCAS is a problem?" is the obvious thing to check?

Greg Johnston replied to soaproot

@soaproot @sarahtaber@mastodon.hell yes, in the North Pacific, you ALWAYS factor in killer whales. You must be from Iowa. πŸ˜‰

Sarah Taber replied to soaproot

@soaproot I would say it's down a long list that starts with "is there transportation on/off the island" and "is there grass in the winter" and goes from there

enantiomer replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber

"I'm going down to Cow Town
the Cow's a friend to me
lives beneath the ocean
and that's where I will be
beneath the waves
the waves
and that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the Cow Beneath the Sea"

youtube.com/watch?v=u91t0_wfL6

Leaping Woman replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

:jan:‍:abreath:β€β€πŸŒ¬:dandelion: replied to Sarah

@sarahtaber thank you for sharing this story, it brightend my Monday πŸ˜‚β€οΈ :orca:

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