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The people who are indifferent to this all are the ones that don't know where food comes from and think that vegetables and meat magically spawn at the grocery store. I mean, we already knew this when they didn't lift a finger for the truckers who move it all
Even though I live in a highly populated state, I was fortunate to grow up where there were still many small farms where I lived, so I knew where our food came from. Later generations wouldn't even be able to take a tour of a farm, because of the smell. Much easier to think it all comes from the supermarket, already packaged.
For the city folk, would you please elaborate on the smell comment? The difference between when you were young and now? Thanks.
It smells like animal poop on farms. City slickers immediately complain of it when the arrive at a farm.
Oh, lol. If that's what INK10 meant, that's not what I was thinking. I wondered if perhaps there had been a change in terms of the chemicals used on a farm that caused a change in the smell. Thanks.
Yeah. City Slickers prefer dog and human poop smells. Source: I work in NYC
I moved to Mississippi from FL back in the early 80s and thought "oh, now I'll be able to get lots of fresh farm produce", but it turned out that most of any agriculture in MS is for either growing corn for cattle feed, or just raising cattle. Now in NY, ironically, there are a LOT of small farms and fresh produce (and decent meats) sources.
same with Vermont, I really have no need for anything a supermarket sells except paper products and first aid stuff. Yeah, its a "blue state", but so what, people leave you alone, there are small farms to the left and right of me, and if the shtf, we are self sustainable. I would rather live here than some red state where the only place to shop is those enormous supermarkets (when I lived in Mo. a long time ago, I had never seen anything like it. ). NYC in the 50's still got most of their eggs and meats and grocery items from small farms. The agribusiness and factory farms are a horrible thing, all it does is keep large farmers in debt, bigger and bigger equipment, more and more loans to pay for it, government hand outs, growing corn to make ethanol and stuff pigs and sheep and cows with grains when they should be eating pasture and hay. Each state could be self sufficient if they stopped these big business contracts that have taken over farming. Surprisingly, the so called Blue State of Vermont also gets resistance from any government interference regarding small farms. But then, I am a person who would love to see us go back to that, each state encouraging small farms to produce what the people who live there need, and encourage trade with other states for things they cannot grow. I despise Agri-business
Wait, you mean to say life isn't like a video game?!??!?! (obvious sarcasm)