Comments on: First, be honest about what you want

By: Mark W.

Mark W. — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:26:38 +0000

I just caught the following web link on the local news tonight – http://www.nysamp.com/ . It's a link to the New York State Agricultural Mediation Program.
Quoted from the site – "The NYS Agricultural Mediation Program (NYSAMP) is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the New York State Unified Court System Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Court Improvement. NYSAMP is one of the largest agricultural mediation programs in the country." It is described as a tool for farmers and others in the agricultural community to communicate clearly, negotiate effectively, and to find fair and workable solutions. Decisions are made by the people directly involved, and not by mediators or other outside authorities.
Of course, it doesn't apply to people outside of NY but I thought it may be of interest and may indicate that there are similar programs in other states.
It wasn't until I read this blog that I really gave this issue much thought. I think that's the way life is though – some things become issues that you just couldn't make up even if you tried.

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Lots in Samara Costa Rica — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:13:49 +0000

That farm is beautiful, but I prefer the beach to life. In Costa Rica you have many options to choose.

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By: Lucie

Lucie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:47:30 +0000

I am sorry that my message wasn't clearer. The system was put into place to protect the family business in event of divorce or a lawsuit. If a spouse of the farm owner is sued there is no legal recourse to go after the farm.

The intention is to keep the business within the family. It is based blood lines not gender. I can inherit the farm and family business, as well as my half sister and female cousin. We have equal rights with all the male heirs.

By: Allan Ebdrup

Allan Ebdrup — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:35:13 +0000

My childhood memory was sitting 4-5 boys in a room playing football-manager collectively, og the green text screen of an amstrad. Today I work with IT in a role where I interact with a lot of different people and I'm quite happy :-)

By: Baiyu.Yan

Baiyu.Yan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:37:46 +0000

Thanks for sharing,
like it very much~!
Rainy

By: karen

karen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:10:10 +0000

good luck! and I'm hoping you and the farmer will think about growing native plants as well as all that corn….

By: Michael Alan Miller » City life

Michael Alan Miller » City life — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:27:46 +0000

[...] | Posted by Chill on 09 Nov 2009 at 01:27 pm | I know the feeling. [...]

By: Alison Rodriguez

Alison Rodriguez — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:50:48 +0000

More proof of the innate wisdom of children – we sort it out while we are still intuiting the world and then get educated to 'unlearn' all of that. Adulthood is just digging through the debris to find all that wisdom again.

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comcast bill pay — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:51:52 +0000

you make a lot of sense even though many times the reality of our childhood dreams are really just childhood images that we admired. As we get older if those dreams are still before us then we should consider revisiting them, but not necessarily living our entire lives in those dreams. We have to be sure what we want.