General Discussion

When over 70% of rural America votes MAGA then cries when their economic world gets blasted by the idiots they elected it gets tiresome. And I’ll add that just because you’re in a rural area doesn’t mean the majority are farmers; it’s probably less. Rural doesn’t equal farmers.

I buy from local orchards when I can even when they fly the Appeal to Heaven flag. We shop in Amish stores and areas for locally grown food and I like to go to food trucks that source local farmers. Thankfully, these folks seem very happy that we shop at their establishment instead of going to a fast food place or shopping at a main line grocery store, which my wife and I do occasionally.

In my neck of the country I’ve seen lots of farms get sold off for development and the farmers got a boat load of money when they retired. I don’t begrudge them. The one across the road from us donated part of his farm for a nice path that became a state park. It’s his widow’s legacy and hopefully will be still in use a hundred years from now.

Point being not all farmers are poor and not all of them walk around telling folks they hold up the world. If you or any business gives me attitude I go take my dollars somewhere else.