Travel to Polyface Farm and Roadblock

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The real Polyface Farm...how love affects the beauty of the land

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The host and his companion are shown in front of a white Sprinter van, which is labeled with 'Mobile YouTube Farm Channel' and 'Stoney Ridge Farm.' They announce their departure for Polyface Farm, a three-hour drive away in Swoope, Virginia. The van then proceeds down a gravel road. During the drive, they encounter a significant roadblock—a large oak tree has fallen across the road overnight due to a storm, preventing direct access. The host explains the need to use an alternative route, a 'bug-out trail,' to navigate around the obstacle, humorously noting that day one, minute one of their trip is already an adventure. The journey highlights the rural setting and the challenges of farm access. They successfully bypass the fallen tree by driving through a grassy field, re-emerging on a paved road.

Goal: The host and his companion depart from Stoney Ridge Farm, describing their journey to Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. They encounter an unexpected roadblock: a large oak tree has fallen across the road due to a storm, necessitating a detour via a 'bug-out trail' to reach their destination.

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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van

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cool hey folks this is Josh Downey rich farmer welcome to the farm blog today we are rolling out farm stock 2018 first day of farm stock 2018 is right now you're here we're rolling off the farm we're gonna go straight to Polyface farm up in Swope Virginia that is near Staunton Virginia and central Virginia about a three-hour drive and then we're headed to New Jersey to see one lonely farmer so come along today we're gonna have some fun let's take you around the van and show you how weary stickered it some of the things that we did to the van is we put a new sticker right here and we put something for truckers up here we support American truckers trucking industry is what keeps our nation fed so here's our sticker we got our Facebook and our Instagram thing on there back here we have nationwide - or farm stock 2018 so folks I hope to see you out on the road let's head up to Polyface farm and get off this farm and I'm really really not too happy about leaving my farm behind but at least I get to take my wife all right [Music] well guys I don't think we're gonna get out this way this is not a good sign last night we had a huge storm and a giant oak tree fell off in the road what in the world not a good sign day one minute one tree in the road it's gonna be an adventure folks thank goodness we have a bug-out trail that's funny we're gonna get stuck this man spins and gets stuck on anything we got it on the road boom alright guys so we're way out in the country here we are in Swope Virginia we're on a country road there's no traffic that's why I'm filming and talking to you here we are gonna tell you a little bit about the area where Polyface is located so it's a really hilly area it's the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and there isn't a lot of topsoil per se there's a lot of rock so basically what you need to know about the reality behind the location of Polyface farm Polyface farm is set in a beautiful beautiful place that has about this much soil over top of solid rock this is something that's important for you to know because the Salatin family up here at Polyface farm has worked really hard to not use chemical fertilizers and only use natural ways to bring back the topsoil on their farm can't tell you how happy we are to take you guys along on this road trip please take the time pound that like button subscribe to the channel and share these videos on your other social media outlets like facebook share this stuff we want to share this trip with everybody…

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