Having pursued alternative, low-impact ways of living over the past year or so, it was pretty cool to get to a draft animal networking event.

We were at Sanborn Mills Farm in New Hampshire for the Draft Animal Power Network’s Field Days event, camping in the woodlot at night, and learning the economics of harvesting that very timber with horses during the day (it’s competitive with machines!) There were a lot of cool people there, and a lot of overlap with the weaving/dying/fiber arts community.

Working practically and thoughtfully with animals represents a different way forward. A way that can be supported by the land, and support the land in return. There were a lot of great idealogical, ecological, and philosophical lessons this past weekend, and I expect that working with animals will be a part of our own way forward.

-Kyle