Why not stop funding terrorists through oil and fight to put family farms and the American way back into business? Why do you want agribusiness to kill the American family farmer?
2006-09-23 05:46:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Thank you , The Family Farms in the US are under extreme economic pressure and thousands are pushed off land every year. This crisis in farm country is threatening the very existence of the family farm in America . As family farms are forced out by large , factory farms , the quality of our food , our environment and food security is in danger..
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Good question .
2006-09-23 08:24:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no no longer incredibly, the yankee relatives farmer commited a form of enmass migration from the relatives farms, to the city aspects, or suburbs interior the Nineteen Seventies-90s why? they have been given educations in different fields, many needed no longer something to do with the farm anymore, i be responsive to many farmers at present, who's sons have not have been given any activity in faming in any respect, perchance a million out of four do, yet maximum are shifting away. so i'm no longer able to truly see Reagan or the different government workplace having to take the blame for the loss of life of the relatives farm, Agribusiness is figuring out to purchase up the defunct farms, no one else is leaping for them in a large way. I want the relatives farm, I paintings section time for a pair of farmers (no longer lots activity from sons in the two), i'd stay to get into the enterprise as an proprietor, however the land fee and minimum acreage, alongside with equipment, that is purely way out of my league.
2016-10-01 07:00:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a big fan of agri business for energy. The surest way to kill the American family farm is to make corn an energy cash crop. Big oil will own it three days later. And it's not a good solution.
We are one of the most incredible technological societies in history. I have friends at GM who have been working on hydrogen power for over 10 years. Good grief, we went to the moon in less time...
We have the technology to do it differently than the combusion engine. We invent..that's what we do. Everyone else may be great at copying...but we invent.
Let's get our heads out of our behinds and move forward with hydrogen, solar and wind technologies that are truly renewable. My gosh, the depletion of the ozone layer is making the UV rays more powerful than ever. We should be taking advantage of ultraviolet energy.
It's time for America to push the envelope of technology again.
2006-09-23 05:51:39 · answer #3 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The American Farmer is standing in the way of progress.
He is tantamount to someone sewing clothes on a treadle machine when the world wants sweat shop production and WallMart pricing.
The only niche left for private farming is in the organic market.
The problem lies in the simple fact that a organic farmer must produce his product within a few hour trip to large population centers. That closes the door on the Great Plains.
2006-09-23 05:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by Skull&Bones 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we are feeding the world. There are still family farmers around, my friend is one of them. But you need big farms to feed the world like the US does
2006-09-23 06:11:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Kansas, and let me tell you supporting family farms is very important. You do not want a few corporations controlling our food supply!
Viable Alternative fuels need to be devolped soon.
The more fuel people buy, the more you support the Arabs. And that is a fact.
2006-09-23 05:55:31 · answer #6 · answered by Villain 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your question is noble and well put.
The American family and Americans are not educated to doing must on the scale you suggest. They are family orientated or individualist. land is purchased by BIG companies or co-ops. When the family farmer must struggle to fund all the activities as individuals.
I have no answer.
2006-09-23 06:07:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
.The American family farmer is part of the problem ...they pollute ground water with the use of pesticides,herbicides, and fungicides...not only that many are republicans and are constantly at the government trough seeking subsidies
2006-09-23 05:49:56 · answer #8 · answered by dstr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you written congress senators president?
they hear from big oil.
they don't hear your demands.
they don't hear solutions.
write! protest! get info and solutions and ask why we are not even as progressive as Brazil?
2006-09-23 05:54:29 · answer #9 · answered by macdoodle 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
amen to that,but when has this administration ever help somebody ? isnt it time we start helping people in this country !!!
2006-09-23 05:51:15 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋