What makes "The Farming Lifestyle" worth it?
As I've learned more about how farmers live, my thinking about the problem has shifted. I've grown. And I've realized that focusing on how much money farmers make misses the bigger picture.
Farmland
How feudal are our farmers?
There's a question that haunts me when I'm lying in bed pondering what The Hands that Feed Us is really about: Are we at risk of reverting to feudalism?
Capitalism doesn't invest in farms is because capitalism for farming is broken
The cost of land is a big reason why the capitalist is necessary in the first place. In business terms, land is a capital cost: It's a big, up-front cost that has to be paid out of the farm's profits over time, but it only needs to be purchased once.