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In reply to the discussion: American farmers dealt new blow as Trump's Iran war escalates [View all]littlemissmartypants
(32,818 posts)the willingness to build bridges, not quagmires. To fail to see everyone with humanitarian respect. To value those who have generational respect for land and the compulsion to provide for humanity at large by being stewards of the planet and feeding their families.
It's remarkable, to me, how so many who have no first-hand knowledge of a subject are eager to speak on it.
I'll be impressed if an old wooden mule plow, a pile of wooden tobacco sticks, or stacks of wooden potato baskets live in one's memory or even better in their own barn.
Agriculture is constantly changing, and farmers today are some of the most compassionate forward-thinking and innovative business people on the planet.
It's past time to stop beating them down and start lifting them up. Otherwise, be prepared to grow your own food and get healthier as you eat it.
Decisions start with each person's pocketbook guided by their brains and hopefully their hearts.
Individual people are the growers of their own output. Some grow flowers. Others unfortunately decide to grow weeds.
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