Can confirm. My farmer parents have six kids: not one wants to farm.
Want a vacation? Sick? Broke your leg? Don't care... the cows need fed & milked. Your biz folds? You lose your income *and* your home simultaneously.
It's hard, brutal & unforgiving with near-zero margins.
Want a vacation? Sick? Broke your leg? Don't care... the cows need fed & milked. Your biz folds? You lose your income *and* your home simultaneously.
It's hard, brutal & unforgiving with near-zero margins.
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Faine Greenwood
The degree to which people romanticize farming is inversely proportional to their degree of actual proximity to farming and farmers
This is basically a mathematical law
This is basically a mathematical law
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Another point: With climate changes wreaking havoc with yearly forest fires, atmospheric rivers, deep freezes….how are farmers supposed to cope with all the uncertainty and challenges they face regularly?