Robert is a member of the 2005-2006 BLAST Cadre. He is working with his father to start a farm in South Carolina, and is keeping a journal of their experience. This is an excerpt from late fall.

My project is coming along although things on the farm are slowing down and moving towards the green house. If things would have gone as planned (they rarely do) we would have hit the market (greenhouse vegetables) just right.

I wrote alot of positive and negative things in my “journal”, and it should give the reader an overall perspective of my complete experience. I have been debating getting a “job” for a month or so now and I have just come to the conclusion that I will pursue that venture along with what I am currently doing . My heart is definitely in what I am doing and a temporary job will keep the flame burning on my dream…

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”