You have no idea what your talking about, but that's not in question here.
Family farms are being bought out by rich realtors, and developed into condos
and sold to asshole city dwellers for retirement homes, forever polluting our land
with trash like you. We'd prefer you stay in your shithole cities, we don't want you.
Drop the politics- AND YOU MAY NOT BE SUCH A BAD GUY!
You always make good points RB- BUT YOUR GOOD POINTS ARE ALWAYS FUSED WITH SUCH POLITICAL HATRED FOR OTHERS- that the message falls on deaf and disappointed ears.
I would bet, you are someone who knows a lot about what goes on on Pennsylvania Farms- But have never wandered far enough away from home to know that not every state has the same issues as your own.
Here in Texas, there ain't nobody building Condos out in the farmlands and Ranchlands. My grandfather was a cattleman, believed in the old rule- I animal for each acre of land. He also believed in naturally feeding his stock of Red Angus on pure grass. He was able to sell off his 2 yr old steers, or even an occaisional prized baby bull, to local markets every year and make a good living, and without any help from the government. Which BTW, my Grandfather was not a political person, as he just voted for the best man- whether it be Democrat or Republican.
As far as competiion for him, he was up against the corporate ran feed lot industry.
What I was referring to, came from what I saw and witnessed. For many years, I would shop the Dallas Farmers Fruit and Vegetable Market- 4 acres of local farmers selling their yields, all under pavilion sheds, where the farmers would back in their trucks, and the selection and quality was superb, and fabulous. I would buy from the same families week after week, because it was consistently good, and I got to know them by name.
But during the 90's. most of these family ran farms, were bought out one by one, where these same families would still come to the market- BUT BUY THEIR PRODUCE FROM the Produce Wholesalers across the street, mark them up for profit, and this is how they were able to survive. And even though I could buy most of what was sold at the local grocery stores for less money, I would still go to the Farmers Market, and I still do to this day, to help these people make a living because I liked these people. I am very supportive of them and their struggles to make a living today in this corporate world- that took away from them everything they knew how to do to make a living.
