Farming

Nice News -  The relationship between work and fulfillment has long been debate fodder: Do you work to live, live to work, or seek the ever-elusive work-life balance? In France, a group of employees called “slashers” are navigating these heady questions by turning to a unique side hustle, part-time farming.
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For slashers (think: engineer slash watercress farmer), working with the soil provides both a soul-filling outlet and a supplemental paycheck. But beyond that, this hybrid workstyle provides a sense of empowerment in a constantly evolving world filled with uncertainties — from AI to climate change, you name it. In return, farms benefit by getting more hands on the ground to support organic food production.
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“We would be so much more resilient as a society, if we all went in to something more hybrid,” Julien Maudet, one of the founders of an organization that seeks to promote these new crossover careers, told the BBC.