Originally Posted by Orion2000
Let's start off with some simple things like farmers, ranchers, growers, dairymen, food processing... Ya know, simple stuff like FOOD !


Food - YES, but small farmers or the large farming operations that supply the bulk of the production? Can we afford to support small farms?

Granted, the largest number of farms are small farms, but larger farms provide over 75% of our food production. (source: Dept of Agriculture)