Rowdy Flock: a daughter, her dreams, and a sheep farm in Norway

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4 ай бұрын

When Rakel took over the last farm in her Norwegian village, she was not only taking responsibility for a flock of accident-prone woolly animals, but also a way of life at a crossroads.
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This was a chance to follow in the footsteps of her much-loved father, and live the way she had always wanted alongside her wife. A flock of sheep comes with a flock of problems, so the saying goes. With the help of community and family, can Rakel succeed?
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@encyaustin7410 3 ай бұрын

"There's a limit to how long you can dismantle and destroy what's supposed to keep us alive." No truer words spoken. A beautiful doc with a message we should take seriously to heart and mind. ❤

@MrResomaker 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this vision. Here in Iowa (farming heartland of USA) we are living the nightmare of corporate industrial farming that focuses on efficiencies of labor and maximized yields. The result is a monoculture that depends on overuse of chemicals, is susceptible to droughts, creates sterile soil, pollutes our rivers and drives the loss of family farms. Most of our crops aren't even grown for human consumption but rather for ethanol.

@cherylcarlson3315 4 ай бұрын

also in IL. The university teaches sustainable ag but it feels no one knows how to do it. Very hard for a woman to farm as the attitude is women in ag belong in the kitchen. I am currently farming my town plot intensively but the city considers bees as exotics and prohibited..very little minds

@Zachry86 3 ай бұрын

As a Norwegian I must say that these small farms are a dying breed. Used to be everywhere, but its not financially viable. Most small scale farmers have side jobs to survive. Some manage to combine it with some tourism. Some farmers manage to scale up. Usually by taking over the land of neighboring small farms that have been shut down. But due to the rugged terrain this is not possible everywhere (not possible to use huge machines). In essence we are shutting down food production and instead importing because its cheaper. As a country its dangerous to not be able to feed your own population and being dependant on somebody else. I truly hope our government changes the financial insentives before this way of life and food production dies out.

@kiwiopklompen 3 ай бұрын

How wonderful to have captured that moment of transition - was a moment for a cry.

@briansul8455 4 ай бұрын

Inspirational documentary for someone that grew up on a small family sheep farm in Ireland, and has never really been comfortable with the intensive commercial direction that small family farms here have been pushed into in the last few decades.

@suesherratt5479 4 ай бұрын

Such an inspiration and such hard work. The world needs you and thousands more like you. Take care and be well.

@user-hw1fn2rt7z 4 ай бұрын

Hats off to this gorgeous hard worker lady😎🤗

@hongweixu1999 4 ай бұрын

Hard work, beautiful scenes, and a lovely story.

@carolpiirto5613 4 ай бұрын

It was a delight to see your dreams and hear your fine perspective. Be well! I wish you well!

@KAREN-od9yx 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting way of life...Tough but meaningful.

@nicklov1 4 ай бұрын

What a wonderful Doc, beautifully made and giving viewers a complete knowledge of the subject by showing the work during all the seasons. I personally agree with a lot of what was being said about the future of small scale, intensive labour livestock farming, especially in areas like the Nordic countries where so much of the natural resources are not put to full use, as was explained. I myself graduated from Hampshire Agricultural College in Animal Husbrandry in the late 60’s. After working in an Agricultural company as a livestock officer with mainly large “estate “ farms as clients, and having no relatives in farming myself I realised that there was no chance of me ever becoming a farmer myself with the land prices rising in the UK. After a complete and successful career change here in Finland , i still wonder if I made the right decision. I was never happier when working with sheep and dairy cows on small farms during training years before college. The politics of this documentary really seem to give us a possible “way out” of the environmental problems that we are all facing and it should be taken seriously. Congratulations!

@janepage3608 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful film, landscape and people - oh, and sheep too.

@patbrougham9929 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this beautiful video. Wishing you all strength, patience, and appreciation.

@r8chlletters 4 ай бұрын

This is beautiful to watch thank you 🤍

@robwashers 4 ай бұрын

The sheep seem to really like you all, my family use to farm 400 sheep in England, they were always afraid of us. I never wanted to farm that way - with cruelty, kicking shoving and shouting

@janee166 3 ай бұрын

What a beautiful part of the world! All the best to you

@stace244 4 ай бұрын

thank you for capturing the story of this family and farm! love to see it, great film!

@theholisticinitiative 4 ай бұрын

such a great capture of life lived with vision and intention

@hannahmadani4452 4 ай бұрын

Really glad to see the movement of resilient and small scale food systems coming to the forefront! Agroecology for the win!

@johnpotier4621 4 ай бұрын

This video evokes wonderful memories of the time I spent on the farm of my Norwegian wife's parents in the 1960-70s. Same methods of working, same hard life, same beautiful country. Sadly those days have passed.

@skyelee646 4 ай бұрын

Thank y'all so much for this. Such profound and beautiful truths. Thank y'all for doing what you do. You are seen and appreciated.

@LucyLoom Ай бұрын

What an important and also beautifully made documentary. Thank you!

@adarafarmstay 3 ай бұрын

How wonderful.. thank you for making and sharing this message

@mckay089 4 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more, government is abandoning the agriculture sector. This needs to change asap.

@marycollins6864 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree with you on all matters. Also enjoyed your video.

@celesterakhale7496 3 ай бұрын

This is incredibly moving!

@tempjones 3 ай бұрын

A beautiful thought provoking documentary.

@butcherwoman3753 3 ай бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed this documentary.

@JalajaBonheim 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful documentary, thanks!

@phoebebaker1575 3 ай бұрын

Success! For many years. Thanks for sharing this documentary.

@zillurrahman3338 4 ай бұрын

What an idea of living a free life.❤️

@SuuperAlmo 3 ай бұрын

I really loved your story and the idea behind it.

@soilewiirila7289 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful nature

@asubstantiallife7557 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful in scenery and in message.

@robinprice6879 4 ай бұрын

What a great story. Thank you

@sporranheid 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful and important. Thank you.

@DiegoMarquesBrazil 4 ай бұрын

Quite idyllic, looks like a fairy tale's community farm

@christinasornbutnark1208 4 ай бұрын

Wow what a story.

@juhi6403 4 ай бұрын

This should win the oscar like elephant whisperers from india

@debdraper719 3 ай бұрын

Watching this lifestyle gives me hope 🙏🏼

@shoshannahyehudah3109 4 ай бұрын

I totally agree with how you see the FUTURE of farming the way you do. I have always seen the TRUTH that is Life for all living things and for the health of our environment. Not only for people but all living things, and our world. I hope you never give in to the pressures of destruction.

@user-eb3si 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful ❤️

@davideborgna4918 4 ай бұрын

Bellissimo, 👍👍👋

@tomjensen618 3 ай бұрын

Tak Rakel, for inspirationen.(Dansk ja).

@AgentRains 3 ай бұрын

Lovely

@muriellecordemans4556 3 ай бұрын

Would you be interested in some help? Or would you know of someone who would be happy with some help in a place like yours? My dream is having a small flock and homestead… thank you for waking me up !!

@hiskeplantinga1519 4 ай бұрын

Utopia❤

@sadhnasc4416 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@alexconstable3155 4 ай бұрын

Sheep can be a big part of recovering agriculture and the earth, if they are managed well, as this family does. Warm clothing, sustaining protein, all in one fairly compact animal. Toques off to shepherds and their sheep everywhere!

@jamtlandhomesteaders2710 3 ай бұрын

Well done! Nice Sheep*****Regenerative agriculture is the future*

@Stonewallgaston 4 ай бұрын

Heard she psssd away shortly after filming

@rolsen1304 3 ай бұрын

Not true, I literally have her on Facebook and she's active

@englishstark6100 4 ай бұрын

The Guardian Headline Police hunt injured suspect even by their standards sick!

@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher-69 4 ай бұрын

Disturbing lack of diversity in that flock.

@guribugge7487 3 ай бұрын

Parts of the flock seemed to be Norwegian white, a longtail sheep. But another part, with Frøya in the lead, seemed to be short tail sheep (Gammelnorsk spæl or Villsau). Both of these breeds are well maintained genetically, so even the white longtails are more diverse than they look.