Reply #28: now we are talking [View All]

[Two Americas]

Agriculture is compelled to respond to the public, in part because it is so heavily regulated. The "lifestyle" issues are deep and broad, and start with declining wages, job insecurity, sprawl and transportation difficulties, and the need for two incomes (that itself was a 50% wage reduction) to support a household.

The public is demanding that farming adjust and change in order to better support a certain suburban way of living. But it is suburban that can't be supported efficiently and that is not sustainable.