Breaking Up with Busy: Lessons from a Dutch Dairy Farm

Steve Van Diest
by Steve Van Diest
on August 21, 2025

I grew up in Southern California on a Dutch dairy farm. Yes, cows, milk, and plenty of poo poo. It wasn’t glamorous, but it was deeply formative. Watching my grandparents work sunup to sundown on on ...

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