Comments on: FDL Movie Night Welcomes Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin, Good Food

By: AngelsAwake

AngelsAwake — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:55:44 +0000

Unscrewing it with their tongue. Damn.

And we eat these fucking things! We should hand them citizenship cards and give them jobs.

Little goats are adorable, though, so they make up for it all.

By: Bluetoe2

Bluetoe2 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:03:35 +0000

Hope everyone called the WH today to let them know what the “people” think about Obama’s caving into to either Rahm or the insurance lobby or the Republicans or the Blue Dogs. Take your pick. Obama is easy.

WH 202-456-1111

By: Elliott

Elliott — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:03:28 +0000

Thanks Melissa, Mark, Toby, and Lisa -
Good Food indeed.

By: TobyWollin

TobyWollin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:54:45 +0000

On the other hand, I have to say (since we’ve raised both angora goats and dairy goats) that angora goats are the nastiest little buggers on the earth. Small, ill tempered, and a PITA.

By: TobyWollin

TobyWollin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:53:06 +0000

oh, I agree completely – we tried using this C-shaped gizmo from the hardware store that had a screw closing – it took us weeks to figure out that this goat was basically using her tongue to unscrew the closing and then tossing her head to flip the thing halfway across the pen so that everyone could get out for a romp. Our luck was that we did NOT have Toggenburgs, so we never found them on the roof of the barn.

By: AngelsAwake

AngelsAwake — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:49:34 +0000

Ma’am, I would seriously advise that you do not claim to be a Satanist to own a goat.

I just… I don’t think that’s good advice at all. :D

By: AngelsAwake

AngelsAwake — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:48:25 +0000

Goats are also one of the most intelligent creatures in the world when it comes to fencing. For the most part, horses won’t leave a fence- they’re okay with it- and cows, once they’ve learned the fence has a sting to it from either barbs or electricity, will do the same thing.

Goats?

Goats have a philosophical hatred of fences. I used to own goats, and they would break other animals out of their cages- we used to have a chicken coop in the same pen, and they broke it down once. They were always discovering new ways to get around the fences.

Amazing little bastards. I love goats.

As for the movie itself, I’ve always raised my own food- I live on a farm in Eastern Kentucky- and there’s something… sacred, almost, to growing your own food. It’s yours. Nobody else’s. You know what went on it when it was but a little thing, and you know how it was picked and treated afterwards. No chemicals, no additives, just what God and nature provide for the work you put in.

And there’s nothing quite like fresh cucumbers on a bologna sandwich.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:44:51 +0000

No wonder Goats get Gruff with Trolls

By: TobyWollin

TobyWollin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:44:18 +0000

goats are very very clever. They are very picky about their food – eat up instead of down(which is why the Middle East is basically denuded of trees), and are great companions, have lots of personality and so on.

By: Millineryman

Millineryman — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:43:40 +0000

It is very satisfying. I traded a basket I had made for a story cloth from a Hmong artist one weekend. It was really cool talking to her, she filled me in her culture, and the next summer I saw her perform some of the traditional Hmong dances at this myth festival. I love the story behind the cloth, the Hmong coming together with others to worship in peace.