In the real world, as opposed to the US, farmers whose crops fail get help from farmers who have more experience for the next year. Today we have the means to communicate over vast distances. There are groups that will come and TRAIN people how to farm, and step in to help when things go sideways.
What you describe is a kind of "lone wolf" farming structure, when for thousands of years, farmers have stuck together, worked together, helped each other, through all sorts of troubles and disasters. It's called "Community."
Allllll my relatives until we get to my parents, were farmers.
Lots and lots of people were farmers before Industrialization, and even for a time afterward. The family farmers were MADE to leave, for corporate farming to take over. THAT was a huge mistake for the People. I'm talking about the US, now. I suspect it was similar in many countries, and especially after WWII.
There's a terrific farmer/writer named Wendell Berry, who wrote a book about the undoing of American farmers and farms... "The Need To Be Whole." It's not ONLY about farmers and such, but it's a great book. He's a great writer.
All excellent points... As a former public company COO, I would equate DEI with corporate malfeasance.
In the real world, as opposed to the US, farmers whose crops fail get help from farmers who have more experience for the next year. Today we have the means to communicate over vast distances. There are groups that will come and TRAIN people how to farm, and step in to help when things go sideways.
What you describe is a kind of "lone wolf" farming structure, when for thousands of years, farmers have stuck together, worked together, helped each other, through all sorts of troubles and disasters. It's called "Community."
PS... No offense!
Allllll my relatives until we get to my parents, were farmers.
Lots and lots of people were farmers before Industrialization, and even for a time afterward. The family farmers were MADE to leave, for corporate farming to take over. THAT was a huge mistake for the People. I'm talking about the US, now. I suspect it was similar in many countries, and especially after WWII.
There's a terrific farmer/writer named Wendell Berry, who wrote a book about the undoing of American farmers and farms... "The Need To Be Whole." It's not ONLY about farmers and such, but it's a great book. He's a great writer.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61218415-the-need-to-be-whole