Comment by ryandrake
1 month ago
I think the public still has a wildly inaccurate picture of what a farmer is. When people think "Farmer" they still think of the romantic picture of 1930's Ma and Pa dressed up in work clothes, working the land like in American Gothic or some Norman Rockwell painting. So, of course we should help subsidize good ol Ma and Pa to live off the land! Be kind to these fictional figures in the painting!
The general public are not picturing "Farmer = billion dollar agri-business who's finance department is bigger than some small towns".
> I think the public still has a wildly inaccurate picture of what a farmer is
No thanks to media (NPR is very guilty of this) that consistently interviews people that fit this stereotype. Corporate farmers are happy to sit out these interviews and let the myth continue.