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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 54 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm a night person and my main job only has core hours in the afternoon. I'm also a farmer and if I don't wake up and work in the morning, the heat is deadly in summer (our humidity is frequently 80+%). I'm now oppressed by the climate as well, hehehe.

Sunrise and sunset in eastern Japan are also super early, so I'm not getting much of anything done between the end of core time and sunset even on our longest days.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

my main job

I’m also a farmer

Never has Japan felt so foreign to me as while reading this comment. Being a farmer (as a job, not just gardening as a hobby) and having another career at the same time? What is this sorcery?

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have a cousin who is a farmer in the US and also has to have a second job. He probably has millions invested in machinery, but last time I talked to him about it he said for the cost of the equipment to really make sense he needs more land to farm. Right now he has unused capacity.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Has he looked into switching over to growing Starfruit or Ancient Fruit? Wines and jams can also increase income.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 9 points 2 months ago

But then you need a big cellar and sheds with tons of fermenters.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just bought a house with land and started farming this year so maybe ask me in another year or two how it's going, heh. No animals for now. I've managed to get a lot of food for us with some left over to sell.

Oh, in the US, nearly all farmers are either getting subsidies and/or have off-farm jobs

[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Japan also has heavily subsidized agriculture afaik.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

The only government subsidies I could get that I know of (as a registered farmer) are from my local city to plant certain types of crops and it's not a ton. JA (Japan Agriculture) might have something else, but I'm not sure. I imagine rice farming gets the bulk of things, and I don't currently farm rice.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean Cole the Cornstar is also a grave digger and a YouTuber 🧑‍🌾🧑‍💼🧑‍💻