Gentleman Farmer, (continued)
Risk-takers are few in this tiny village, and by local standards Buyanto is already a legend. His neighbors speak of him in glowing terms, praising the honesty and uprightness of his family, his abstinence from smoking, his relative sobriety compared with many men in the village, and his courage in starting his own private farm. But few express the desire to follow in his footsteps.
"People are afraid to do what I have done," he says, driving out to the wheat fields to inspect the combines. "They are afraid for tomorrow. What if the communists come back into power after the next elections? Then all of this could be suddenly taken away.
"I went from office to office for a solid year to work everything out so I could have this land. This is my land. I am not afraid of what the future will bring."
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