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This is pretty close to a perfect morning.
今天差不多算得上是一个完美的清晨了。
We got a beautiful sunrise coming up here.
有美丽的日出。
That's beautiful, heavenly.
真的很美，像仙境一样。
And the cows think so as well.
我的牛群也是这么想的。
They're liking that grass.
看样子他们很喜欢这片草地。
It's cold today and windy, and so I wanted to get this baby calf picked up and brought him in here where it'd be nice and warm and dry.
今天有点儿冷，还有风，所以我想把这个小家伙抱到这儿来，这儿舒服一些，又暖和又干爽。
Here you go little feller.
下来吧，小家伙。
As you can see, these cows mean a lot to me.
如你所见，在我眼里，这些牛的分量是很重的。
When I was growing up as a kid, I was assigned to take care of the baby calves.
小时候，父母就会把照顾小牛的任务交给我。
And I learned how to love 'em and how to care for 'em.
我也学会了如何爱他们，照顾他们。
I think they feel love just as much as any one of us do.
我感觉，他们和我们一样能感受到爱。
The cow is what she eats.
牛健不健康，看草料就知道了。
In order to have the high quality, great-tasting milk, we gotta have her eating high quality, great-tasting food as well.
为了让牛产出品质和口感俱佳的牛奶，我们得保证她吃的草料也是品质和口感俱佳的草料。
Cows are kind of like any one of us.
牛和我们人差不多。
They've got likes and dislikes, and they're not afraid to voice their opinion by mooing at ya.
他们也有好恶，他们敢于朝你哞哞地叫，以此来发表他们的意见。
Cows naturally love to eat grass.
牛天生就喜欢吃草。
That'd be their number one choice.
草就是它们的首选食物。
When our soil is healthy, that's what creates the right quality of crop for the cows.
土壤健康了，牛们吃的草的质量也就有保障了。
We strive to plant the pasture with a variety of different species in their grass to create biodiversity.
我们花了很大的功夫在牧场上种植各种不同种类的草，保证草料的多样性。
These legumes, or clovers, they offer different types of nutrients to the cows.
这些豆科植物啊三叶草啊能够为奶牛提供不同种类的营养。
Each one of these plants pulls carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and places it into the soil as carbon.
它们都能吸收大气中的二氧化碳，将其转化成土壤里的碳元素。
You'll notice, as these cows are walking around, they're releasing their manure across the grass,
大家也能看到，这些奶牛四处走动的时候，它们还会在草地上留下粪便，
and the cows will stomp this down into the soil, and this'll become a nutrient source.
粪便会被它们踩到土壤你，成为草料的一种营养来源。
Within the soil is a little ecosystem all of its own.
土壤也有它自给自足的一个生态系统。
There's all sorts of little organisms that live in there.
里面有各种各样的微生物。
And if I mistreat my ground, then the soil will be depleted.
我若不善待我的土地，土地就会越来越贫瘠。
Horizon Organic supports family farms by helping us have the know-how that we need to ensure that our soil is being protected,
“地平线有机”给了我们这些家庭农场一定的扶持，帮助我们掌握我们所需的技术，确保我们的土地得到较好的保护，
and to be able to market our milk throughout the country.
也确保我们的牛奶能够销往全国各地。
We all have the same goal, to produce the very best milk possible.
我们都有一个共同的目标，尽可能将牛奶的品质做到最好。
I take great pride in my family farm.
我为我的家庭农场感到非常自豪。
Millions of people expect me to take good care of my animals and my crops, so that they have clean, healthy food to eat every day.
成千上万的人都指望我好好照顾我的牛群和草场，这样他们每天才能吃上干净、健康的食物。
You wanna be a farmer, Hoss? Mm-hmm.
霍斯，你长大想当农民吗？嗯哼。
What about you Stagger, you wanna drive big tractors? Mm-hmm.
斯丹格尔你呢，你想开大拖拉机吗？嗯哼。
One thing that is everlasting is the soil.
土壤是永恒的。
I'm farming the soil that my grandpa, my great-grandpa, my dad farmed.
我耕种的这片土地也是我爷爷，我曾祖父，我爸爸耕种过的。
And it brings me a huge amount of joy to not only myself, but my family.
这片农场不仅给我自己，也给我的家人带来了巨大的快乐。
