It's really quite basic, but it has to be said: PLEASE RESPECT EACH OTHER. You'll find the rules in here as well as site announcements.

Post suggestions for DAP, including forum names/topics, layout/design, or intitiatives.

Introduce yourself to the community

Tall tales, wild rides, anecdotes, poetry, prose, and jokes.

Talk about other things in here.

Every now and again post a page of your day..date, time, weather,successes and failures.. no answers expected... no debates.. Just a gradual build up of a diary of members daily lives.

Post descriptions and contact information for draft animal, farming, forestry, and/or community events, workshops, and conferences.

Educational opportunities, workshops, classes, seminars, etc.

Review books, tapes, DVD's etc.

Post here to make contacts about sharing books, DVD/Video, and other educational material. Posts will be sorted alphabetically, so name post by Title or Topic. DAP.com will not be responsible for any arrangements made between interested parties.

Discuss community.

Discuss government policies, share activist alerts, promote solutions to political initiatives that may have potential impact on the DAP community.

Post links to other web based articles, sites, videos, etc.

Post here to find definition, or to define terminology commonly used with draft animals

Goats, Dogs, Dairy Cows, Donkeys, Pack Animals, Transportation, etc.

Post questions and advice pertaining to training animals for work

Discuss details of methods, techniques, and challenges associated with completing tasks with draft animals

Post questions and advice about disease, ailments, injuries, nutrition and general animal health

Experiences, ideas, and advices in keeping various livestock in small scale sustainable way, including any domestic animals kept for purposes other than work.

Discuss draft animal equipment.

Including Contact Information, Reviews, and Questions about Equipment Manufacturers, include attached PDFs of catalogs, or jpegs of equipment in use. FORESTRY EQUIPMENT, FARMING EQUIPMENT, HARNESSES & YOKES, AND SUPPLIES & SUPPORT SERVICES.

Discussion about sustainable agriculture.

Discussions about sustainable forestry here.

Discuss renewable and sustainable energy here.

Exchange of experiences and knowledge in every aspect of sustainable homestead life, building for home and farm, recipes for conserving food, including "natural architecture" ie., building techniques using natural materials, such as adobe, hay, cob, wood, etc.

Discussions related to historical references, stories, and reminiscences.

Discussions of land-use and the use of draft animals, farming, living, and food production after age of oil.

Discuss gaining skills and craft here.

Post here to connect with draft animal powered timber harvesters, developing an international network.

Discussions about how draft animal powered timber harvesters can promote and practice forestry that can set us apart from conventional operations.

Discussions about marketing, utilization, and management strategies to diversify and stabilize draft animal powered forestry.

Post description of your business, services, location, products etc.. Or post discussion about markets you use, or are developing.

Post items wanted, or for sale here.

Post items wanted, or for sale here

Post items wanted, or for sale/lease here.

Post jobs, internships, etc. wanted or offered here.

Post contact information for Associations, Clubs, and Groups will similar interests. Also post Links to websites for these, as well as commercial and informational resources. ie. equipment man., educational programs, networking etc.

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