{"id":11191,"date":"2012-02-10T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T18:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=11191"},"modified":"2012-03-27T11:42:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T15:42:33","slug":"amish-dairy-farmer-author-pulls-in-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/amish-dairy-farmer-author-pulls-in-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Amish Dairy Farmer, Author, Pulls In Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Courtesy Daily News Record, Feb. 10, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ohio dairy farmer David Kline\u2019s first trip to the Shenandoah Valley came with a surprise \u2014 it\u2019s not flat amid the mountains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have rolling hills,\u201d he said. \u201cI like roll to the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more surprising is how many people heard Kline say that.<\/p>\n<p>A crowd of about 200 packed into Dayton\u2019s Montezuma Hall Wednesday night to listen to the Amish farmer speak of the importance of being respectful stewards of God\u2019s land.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Cooperative Extension, 草莓社区 and Valley Conservation Council were among the event\u2019s sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess Amish speakers are fairly popular,\u201d extension agent Eric Bendfeldt said when introducing Kline.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees, however, did not come out to listen to just any Amish speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Kline is the author of several books, including \u201cLetters from Larksong: An Amish Naturalist Explores His Organic Farm,\u201d and travels often to share the story of his 120-acre family farm in Holmes County, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The Amish comprise about half Holmes\u2019 40,000 people, according to the county\u2019s chamber of commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Amish and Mennonites share many of the same beliefs, born out of a 16th century European movement known as Anabaptism \u2014 rejecting infant baptism. The Amish, though, live a much more conservative lifestyle today.<\/p>\n<p>Because of that faith, Kline asks not to be photographed. An EMU professor\u2019s in-laws live near him and brought him to Virginia since he uses a horse and buggy as transportation in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Kline is speaking to classes at the university this week. Eastern Mennonite School students have actually visited his farm a number of times as part of science teacher Myron Blosser\u2019s summer program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a real treat to sit around and chat with David on his farm as the sun goes down, then get up early to \u2018help\u2019 milk his cows, eat a farm-grown breakfast, watch him mow hay with horses and discuss issues in agriculture with him,\u201d he said in an email. \u201cIt has a way of framing perspectives for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kline said farmers must embrace technology and science only so much, ensuring that the knowledge gained from manual labor on farms is handed down to succeeding generations.<\/p>\n<p>He uses wind power to pump water on his farm and solar energy to charge batteries. Otherwise, his farm and many others around him are electricity-free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s a storm,\u201d Kline said, \u201cwe never worry about lines being down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That way of life is not for everybody, he admits. What is, though, is respecting the land that grows the world\u2019s food.<\/p>\n<p>Kline advises farmers to \u201cromance\u201d young people to keep them interested in agriculture and to not be overwhelmed by the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the best life you can live,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Daily News Record, Feb. 10, 2012 Ohio dairy farmer David Kline\u2019s first trip to the Shenandoah Valley came with a surprise \u2014 it\u2019s not flat amid the mountains. \u201cYou <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/amish-dairy-farmer-author-pulls-in-crowd\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Amish Dairy Farmer, Author, Pulls In Crowd<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":11192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5590,5583,14184,5643,5623],"tags":[9832,14098,8488,7530,17224,11879,13991],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-11191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-campus-community","category-campus-guests","category-environmental-sustainability","category-special-programs","tag-creation-care","tag-david-kline","tag-myron-blosser","tag-research","tag-sustainability","tag-sustainable-agriculture","tag-virginia-cooperative-extension"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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