Not only is it a “Wonderful Life”, but in this new issue you’ll discover “It’s a Gute Life”, too. In fact the lights of Hollywood are shining unusually bright in this issue with the “Oscar” of wool and Ingmar Bergman sharing center stage. Sound impossible? No, just wild!
From an island in the dark waters of the Baltic where the modern-day Gotland sheep gets its name, Sweden’s oldest sheep breed, the Gute, is back for an encore. But you won’t find the Gute on Gotland, instead we travel to the neighboring island of Faro, which has less than 600 inhabitants (not including the sheep) and where the reclusive Bergman made his home.
If the unstoppable march of globalization leaves you with the occasional twinge of homesickness, you will take both solace and inspiration from Chuck McDermott and the successful powerhouse of Stonehedge Mill Equipment.
Undoubtedly, more than a few will be surprised by our article “Living Peacefully With Predators”, which looks at farmers resorting to dogs, not guns, to protect their flocks in Namibia.
