Top 10 Annoying Words About Agriculture by "The Foodie Farmer"

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11. I've been farming for the last 10 years and I don't find those words annoying at all.

I guess I'm NOT one of those who received the poll but none of those words bother me at all.

Words that DO Bother me:

Conventional farmer - A nice way of saying I DOSE my vegetables with pesticides and artificial fertilizers and use GMO seeds because it so much easier. It's a way of hiding the fact that the vegetables they are pushing are laced with poisons and will probably up the pesticide levels in your blood systems by 100%. Great to know they test their dosed vegetables on themselves but just because they are willing to eat poison with their vegetables doesn't mean we have to buy it too.

Agenda driven documentaries - You know what? I will allow any and all the Agenda driven people to come to my farm and take pictures of anything and everything they want. They are always welcome to watch my sheep graze on my tall pastures. They can even watch a lamb being born born, if they want to get up at 3:30 AM. They can watch the chickens chase down grasshoppers and perch in the elm trees and I'll get them to help plant if I see they aren't doing anything. Why is it these farmers are so upset about people coming to look, take pictures and document their farms? I don't keep my pigs in air conditioned barns but I do let them out in the pastures with the sheep and chickens, with the grass and the flowers and the wind and the earth. One young sow even has a favorite lamb she always follows around. And I'll bet if that sow could talk she would gladly give up an air conditioned barn to be able to be outside with her friends.

Efficiency - For the love of God, I'm so sick of this word because it is used as an excuse to pen up every animal and lock away chickens in tiny cages. It is used to keep animals from being with the opposite sex and prevent them from birthing how nature intended. And what is so wrong about not being efficient as a farmer if it allows the animal that you will eventually slaughter to enjoy a slice of life they were meant to enjoy for their short life.

This "poll" seems to have gone out only to those "Conventional" farmers who use pesticides, GMOs and artificial fertilizers. Because they don't hardly mention organic or naturally grown foods and sustainable farming methods. They barely touch on the farm animals welfare or pasture raised animals.