What do you think of farmers? How do you view ag? Are those views different?
Note: The posts are read from top to bottom.
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foodchat:
Q7 via NEFarmBureau: What do you think of farmers? How do you view ag? Are those views different? #foodchat
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sav01:
Q7 I adore farmers/ranchers. Where would we all be w/o the hard working folk who provide our food. My ancestors were farmers. #foodchat
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sav01:
Q7 I am concerned that more people think our food comes only from a truck or a box. #foodchat
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hyperlocavore:
Q7 Farmers are victims often of the highly ind/ag system that benefits processors/corps 1st - people, planet and farmers last. #foodchat
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iempoweru:
Q7: I was raised in farm country. I was a teenager on a small family farm - not commercial. #foodchat
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iempoweru:
Q7 I raised my children on a small farm in the city where i grew everything from either seed or cutting. #foodchat
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iempoweru:
Q7 I used organic methods, companion planting but then I was very small scale for my family use only. #foodchat
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billiegirltoo:
Q7 no, not at all. ag does not mean big business in general. but in a capitalist society, we all need the opp. to compete . #foodchat
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hyperlocavore:
Q7 - Any real farmers left standing after the last 50 years have done so through extreme trials. Greatly sympathetic. #foodchat
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davidlj7:
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farmers are either bitter or happy depends on price but are majoreconomic drivers in their areas, have to buy to produce #foodchat
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JulieMett:
Amazing RT @iempoweru Q7 I raised my children on a small farm in the city where i grew everything from either seed or cutting. #foodchat
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iempoweru:
Q7 It is said that what we eat is the most intimate thing,so how can I not feel empathy to the farmer? #foodchat
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sav01:
Q7 I am very concerned that #ag in America will become only about large factory farms owned by faceless corporations. #foodchat
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billiegirltoo:
Q7 what i mean, is the small or med. farmer should get just as many opportunities to feed us as the large ones .. AND stay afloat #foodchat
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hyperlocavore:
Q7 I get extremely pissed off, that when I criticize this system - PR hacks tell others I am attacking farmers. I'm not. #foodchat
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foodchat:
Q8 via TruffleMedia Does "ag industry" have positive or negative connection to food in your mind? (quick follow up to Q7) #foodchat
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iempoweru:
Q7 From consumer point of view, I think all farmers get lumped together in one big group #foodchat
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