I agree with Willie Nelson

[Playinghardball]

[demigoddess]

1. me, too.

Big Ag is more likely to use pesticides and such that will harm the environment and us.

[grilled onions]

2. They Plow...They Love The soil...They Love The Way The Crops Blossom and Grow

Corporations look at charts,bottom lines,profits. They have no love of land and no appreciation of a farmers closeness to it. It's just a money maker to them and get out of their way so they can make their profits no matter what or whom gets hurt in the process.

[AzDar]

3. K & R

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

4. K&R. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. The farm belt was a solid vote for Democrats....

Then Republicans came along and claimed the Demoncrats were going to take your guns and Bibles and then your daughter would get an abortion and your son would turn gay.

[laundry_queen]

6. Yep.

K&R

[Archae]

7. Farming is not a "way of life."

It's a business.
Whether a small family-owned business, or a big corporation.

How many of the little Mom and Pop grocery stores on the corner are left?

Very few, mostly ethnic.

I know it does sound a little heartless, but if a business fails, it fails.

What should be stopped are those stupid farm subsidy programs.
Most of the money goes to big corporate farms.