There was a time in this country where you could support a family from a
farm, but that is no longer the case because of the cheap food system
which was intentionally setup to concentrate all the profits in the system
in the hands of the processors.
Pete
Exactly, in the 1930's a farm laborer could feed his family for a week from the proceeds of one sheep fleece (just wool). I saw recently sheep being sold for 25 cents per head.
Prices for farm produce have been deliberately driven to near nothing since 1945.
John
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