With the farming business becoming much harder to get into as an outsider, today was very refreshing to see two different people who shook up the stereotype and found their niche. The first was at Kevin Dietzel’s farm, Lost Lake Farm, where Kevin is a dairy farmer who uses the milk from his cows to produce his cheese. The other farmer was Brian Wosepka who is following in the footsteps of Joel Salatin and raising livestock employing mob and rotational grazing methods. After talking to both these farmers there were a few similarities in their operations. They both faced the same issue of not having the ideal amount of land to have a typical farm in Iowa growing soybeans or corn. This results in both of them relying on livestock to make a living. Another similarity was they both found something that was uncommon in the area such as homemade cheese or grass finished cattle. There is enough demand for the product and the margins are higher compared to farming corn or soybeans so that it works out for them. The final similarity was their passion for what they did. They both talked about their operations with so much conviction that it was obvious they loved what they did and were not going to listen to people who said it could not be done. The takeaway I got from today was even though it might be a scary task getting into the farming business, there are possibilities.  You just have to find what fits.