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cwydro

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17. I live in the south, and the same is true here about the farmers' markets.
Mon May 27, 2019, 11:26 AM
May 2019

Many of those selling their veggies, etc. are black farmers.

I’m really amazed at the farmer-hate I see here. I remember not too long ago an OP where the poster seemed to be be pleased that the rate of farmer suicide was rising.

Boggles the brain.

My favorite. Grassley got, I think, $40,000 in the bailout. 3Hotdogs May 2019 #1
Yes, it took a pair to say that was the reason to accept indeed! nt Lucky Luciano May 2019 #2
WTF? Please find a source for that and post it! ProudLib72 May 2019 #7
It was on a public radio broadcast. 3Hotdogs May 2019 #8
I found a few articles about it, but none mentioned the amount ProudLib72 May 2019 #9
Washingto Post reports he is elegible for up to $34k this year. 3Hotdogs May 2019 #10
As a farmer and a white man, MontanaFarmer May 2019 #3
Thank you for speaking out from the wilderness live love laugh May 2019 #4
As a granddaughter, niece and cousin of Ohio farmers Boomerproud May 2019 #5
Why do you have to be quiet? happyaccident May 2019 #6
Quiet maybe isn't the right word, MontanaFarmer May 2019 #21
And you can do all this without criticizing their political views. lunatica May 2019 #31
I guess I'm not the person to judge. My solution to the enviroment happyaccident May 2019 #33
Thank you for your thoughtful post. smirkymonkey May 2019 #13
That's the real question everyone should be asking. ooky May 2019 #25
Yes! MontanaFarmer May 2019 #26
Do you think that 30+ years of unchallenged hate radio has had an impact in rural America? CrispyQ May 2019 #27
Radio to a degree MontanaFarmer May 2019 #36
The thing is a ton of other people are losing their jobs in the auto industry and get no wasupaloopa May 2019 #28
Yes And there are other sectors of the economy that need help . Directed strictly at his voters lunasun May 2019 #11
Do you eat food? MineralMan May 2019 #12
Thank you. cwydro May 2019 #14
Lots of people make ignorant statements here. MineralMan May 2019 #16
I live in the south, and the same is true here about the farmers' markets. cwydro May 2019 #17
Well, some folks just assume that the food will continue to MineralMan May 2019 #18
Thank you BronxBoy May 2019 #38
A majority of the large corporate farms are family owned. Kaleva May 2019 #34
+1000 MontanaFarmer May 2019 #22
Well, some have already figured that out for themselves. MineralMan May 2019 #23
Small individually owned farm ownership has been declining for decades. nt live love laugh May 2019 #40
It's a freaking republican funnel to GMO-glyposate-chemco Big Ag, Inc. Achilleaze May 2019 #15
Where do you buy your food? MineralMan May 2019 #19
Not from the GMO-ChemCo Borg, Inc. (R) Achilleaze May 2019 #20
Uh-huh... MineralMan May 2019 #24
Don't be silly Achilleaze May 2019 #29
So the question was...where do you buy your food? cwydro May 2019 #30
My question was: Where do you buy your food? MineralMan May 2019 #32
You can buy organic, or "organic, Inc." just about anywhere these days. You should check it out. Achilleaze May 2019 #35
I haven't posted on DU in quite awhile....... BronxBoy May 2019 #37
This thread was meant to live love laugh May 2019 #39
So you're basically just howling at the moon BronxBoy May 2019 #41
First I propose that you explore the reasons why you live love laugh May 2019 #42
My question is what happens next year..and the year after? Luz May 2019 #43
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