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Personals / Looking for investment partners for a livestock ranch in Argentina
« Last post by dariorpl on January 05, 2025, 10:16:04 pm »
I will be starting a cattle ranch in Argentina this year, and am looking for partners who are interested in getting in on the action. I believe it's a great business opportunity, as well as a wonderful way to diversify your portfolio, and to have future alternatives for places to live and secure your access to high quality foods if things don't go well where you are.

My plan is to start the ranch in the coldish, semi-arid region in the dry Pampas. The land here is cheap and not very productive, but I believe we can make it work. It's unpolluted, and likely to remain that way for many, many years. Except to some extent and in some areas, by groundwater fracking. The climate also suits my preferences, it doesn't get hot and humid like it does in Buenos Aires in the summer, and it doesn't get so cold in the winter that a couple layers of clothing won't keep you warm, or that plants or animals suffer out in the open.

We can raise cattle, goats, sheep. All of these can be done commercially with very little time and capital investment.

We can also keep bees and chicken, and grow a variety of plant foods. These will require more time and capital if they're to be grown commercially and not simply for self consumption.

Eventually as the business grows, we can build cabins and offer vacation / training / natural life experience, to fellow RPDers and others who may be interested. Finally we can also raise and train horses.

After many years saving, investing, planning and learning, I'm now in a position where I can mostly get started on my own, but I am somewhat short on cash for what my end goals are, and mortgages here have rates that are currently too high to make it worthwhile. So instead, I'm looking for partners who may be interested in investing some of their savings in this venture.

You don't need to have a lot for me to consider you as a potential partner, so if you're not rich, don't worry, you can still participate.

I'm also accepting loans at reasonable rates, like 7% fixed yearly in USD if you'd rather not take a risk on the profits.

You can message me by private message (PM) to know more, and we can do calls so you can learn more about this. If I don't answer your PM, you can always post here so I know I missed it.

Thanks for reading, and even if you're not interested in participating, I'd still love to hear your thoughts, tips, suggestions and contributions.
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Personals / Re: What happened to Iguana?
« Last post by dariorpl on January 05, 2025, 01:36:12 am »
That's very sad. He was one of our best members and will be missed greatly.

I never got around to finish the book he always recommended. I will be doing that this year.
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Parenting / Re: What are the ideal foods to introduce after lactation
« Last post by norawnofun on January 03, 2025, 04:08:37 am »
Horse meat has the highest content of iron, followed by beef. If you ever had it this stuff is super red in color. Organ meats like liver have even higher contents, but I wouldn´t feed this to a baby nor a child. Finding a good source of horse meat could be difficult. Some old racehorses often end up for meat, but they might have gotten all the steriods due to the races. Aside of diet it might also depend on the cow breed. Some time ago I had scottish highland beef and it was also more red in color than other breeds. The taste was different too and I had a feeling it gave more energy. Maybe thats due to the oxygen effects of the body from iron. I´d just stick to beef if I were u if you are unable to find other good sources.

Regarding the Vitamin C you could try kiwis or papaya. They have a high C content, far more than Oranges and contains 4 different enzymes to break down protein, fats, carbs and apparently also cellulase. They are also rather on the lower side of carbs, which I think makes them a good choice, especially for winter (due to high C). But I would not give it together with breast milk, as when mixing it with dairy it causes the dairy to curdle and make it taste weird. Another good option with higher C than oranges would be Papaya, which too contains all the enzymes and is not too high in carbs, compared to other fruit. It also tastes great, as kiwis might not be for everyone. Yellow bell peppers have even higher C content and they are very low carb. You could give it a try, kids do sometimes like them. I would not overdo it though. Too many Nightshades aren´t a good thing - this article is interesting about nightshades https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/food-features/nightshades/#gsc.tab=0
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Health / what does this mean ?
« Last post by antoine bechamp on December 29, 2024, 04:38:57 pm »
Does anybody know what these measurements are in milliliters ?
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Off Topic / c# indexer
« Last post by smeague on December 27, 2024, 12:57:08 am »
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Parenting / Re: What are the ideal foods to introduce after lactation
« Last post by Wolf on December 24, 2024, 08:24:11 am »
Actually I was just looking at some information on iron to compare which meats are highest in iron (since babies have a high iron need after 6 months and my baby was recently eating a lot of turkey from Thanksgiving instead of red meat like beef or lamb) and I just found out that the iron in eggs is non-heme iron which makes it much less absorbable than the heme iron in meat.  All this time I thought she was getting decent iron from the eggs I was feeding her but come to find out she might not actually be getting as much iron as I thought! 

It looks as though Vitamin C should help facilitate the absorption of the non-heme iron in the eggs though, but it doesn't look like there's any vit c in the eggs themselves.. so I was thinking of pairing her meals with eggs with some fruit for the vitamin C.. and yet finding that the fruits highest in vit c are not that easy for a baby to digest!  Orange seems to be too acidic and can irritate their digestive system and I'm not sure about bell peppers considering they're a nightshade like tomato and potato and those should be avoided shouldn't they?  I also read things like apples are hard for babies to digest because of the pectin or something, and should be cooked before feeding to the baby.. but I'd of course like to try keeping her diet as raw as possible and to avoid cooking where I can, plus doesn't cooking easily destroy vit c thus defeating the purpose of adding the fruit in the first place?

So I'm in a bit of a conundrum at the moment, wondering if anyone has any suggestions for fruits or other foods that are high in vitamin C but easy enough for my baby to digest raw?  She turned 9 months old on Thanksgiving Day so she'll be turning 10 months soon, so whatever is appropriate for her age or below? (since I might have more children in the future and will need to know this information for them as well)
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Parenting / Re: Until what age should one breastfeed if the mother doesn´t eat healthy
« Last post by Wolf on December 23, 2024, 12:52:33 pm »
It wouldn't be easy to get the ingredients for high quality formula replacement, but also my baby doesn't really know how to drink from a bottle anymore either lol.  Also my husband and family would never let me feed her raw milk or raw liver or raw meat out of fear for food poisoning and stuff.  Best I can do is a soft boiled runny egg yolks from our backyard chickens and I'll lightly sear my grass-fed steaks and feed her the interior red part.  My husband won't let me feed her sushi(sashimi) or raw milk. 
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There are multiple factors to consider; if you are able to obtain the optimal ingredients for home made raw dairy formula like recommended by AV, then weaning off breast milk earlier would be an option.

Even if your diet isn’t optimal, the alternatives to breast milk are usually not either. If you could wean the baby onto healthier foods than you regularly eat then weaning earlier makes sense. Much of it depends on how you plan on feeding the baby.

Your breast milk, even if not produced from an ideal diet, will still help the child to adapt to a world in which very few people live that idealistic lifestyle. So a combination of your breast milk with quality raw foods until around age three would be a good compromise.
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Parenting / Re: Until what age should one breastfeed if the mother doesn´t eat healthy
« Last post by Wolf on December 08, 2024, 07:40:39 am »
Even if the mother's diet isn't ideal?  I don't eat a raw food diet and I eat junk food sometimes.  But I do my best to make sure my baby doesn't eat anything processed or junk like that.  However I still breastfeed her and I worry that the junk food in my diet might affect her.
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Parenting / Re: What are the ideal foods to introduce after lactation
« Last post by Wolf on December 06, 2024, 09:07:38 am »
I agree about the suggestions sucking!  The very first food I ever gave my baby was the runny egg yolk from my backyard chickens at like 4 or 5 months old.  Second food I believe was avocado.  I forget what was next after that, I think my husband let her chew on some of his fruit, but she started eating beef and chicken very soon after as well. 
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