Heather Blackie
A Cow for Farmer Willy
Willy tended to see things in the reverse of most others. Where many people saw bucolic green fields free of cows, he saw fields that cows could improve. He saw grass turning to milk. He saw a mobile milker that gave a farmer, maybe him, a place to milk and bottle leading to fresh local milk. He saw the wisdom of good practice pulling in carbon and helping the soil hold water, which would lead to fire resilience. The fields were a million shades of green until the dry season when greens crispened to brown and gold. What people failed to see was that the fields would change without animals. He could put to use something that wasn’t being used and make it better.





