July 13, 2010

Parallel Ranch Universes

Parallel Ranch Universes? Those who follow cutting-edge theories of modern physics (or sci-fi) are familiar with the idea of parallel universes. For real scientific information about the theories of parallel universes or multi-verses, visit Stephen Hawking's site http://www.hawking.org.uk/ or Dr. Michio Kaku's site http://mkaku.org/home/?s=parallel+universes or http://bigthink.com/ideas/20340. The topic is way over my head, but I nonetheless like the loose analogy of parallel universes to describe Dogwood Ranch activities.

Dogwood Ranch consists of two parallel “ranch universes” both operating side-by-side, mostly parallel to each other, but sometimes they overlap or collide. The first universe is the cattle ranch universe, which is just what it sounds like, running cattle on the land for an agricultural purpose. Running parallel with the cattle ranch universe is the land stewardship or conservation ranch universe. In this universe, we concentrate on recreation and restoring much the land back to its natural state. We are trying to improve the wildlife habitats and encourage native grasses. This is a Reborn to the Land activity. (see post dated July 12, 2010). The two ranch universes, or activities, co-exist in space and time, i.e., on the same piece of property in Texas at the same time. Okay, that’s enough of the esoteric physics analogies for now.

Dogwood Ranch has a cattle operation and a wildlife/native grass operation. In some sense, these two parallel activities seem incompatible but so far, both endeavors are working well together

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