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<blockquote data-quote="Workinonit Farm" data-source="post: 810809" data-attributes="member: 839"><p>:nod: :nod: </p><p></p><p>Things have changed quite a bit in the last 40 years. Most schools no longer 'teach' children anything about the ag industry, especially in urban areas. Waaayyyy back when I was a kid in school we had field trips to farms and the local ag/tech college and 'saw' where our food comes from. The ag/tech college where we went, now in 2011 no longer has ag programs. They have a pre vet-tech program now. The only animals on the campus now are horses for the equestrian team. Back when I was young, there was no equestrian team, and only a couple of draft horses along with a dairy and a beef herd, one of several breeds of beef and dairy animals, a flock of sheep, a couple of large chicken houses etc. Hay fields, corn fileds etc. Not anymore. Back then it was in a farming community which is now (2011) primarly office parks and factories and subdivisions.</p><p></p><p>As our (US) population has grown, many farms/ranches have sold-out and become housing for our growing population and as the generations of people continue to grow, they grow farther and farther 'from the farm'. How many of today's urban children have parents or even grandparents that lived on a farm? Not too many. They learn from what they see on TV and Disney movies. They buy their food at the store not the local 'farm-stand' or from their own gardens.</p><p></p><p>The cattle industry may be big----in terms of the number of animals, but its not as big as you would think in terms of number of people producing the animals and crops. There are not nearly as many diversified small family farms as there used to be. </p><p></p><p>And those of us who continue to farm/ranch etc. generally haven't got the time or the money to lobby and push for legislation like the urban/city folks have.</p><p></p><p>I'll stop rambling now. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> </p><p></p><p>Katherine</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Workinonit Farm, post: 810809, member: 839"] :nod: :nod: Things have changed quite a bit in the last 40 years. Most schools no longer 'teach' children anything about the ag industry, especially in urban areas. Waaayyyy back when I was a kid in school we had field trips to farms and the local ag/tech college and 'saw' where our food comes from. The ag/tech college where we went, now in 2011 no longer has ag programs. They have a pre vet-tech program now. The only animals on the campus now are horses for the equestrian team. Back when I was young, there was no equestrian team, and only a couple of draft horses along with a dairy and a beef herd, one of several breeds of beef and dairy animals, a flock of sheep, a couple of large chicken houses etc. Hay fields, corn fileds etc. Not anymore. Back then it was in a farming community which is now (2011) primarly office parks and factories and subdivisions. As our (US) population has grown, many farms/ranches have sold-out and become housing for our growing population and as the generations of people continue to grow, they grow farther and farther 'from the farm'. How many of today's urban children have parents or even grandparents that lived on a farm? Not too many. They learn from what they see on TV and Disney movies. They buy their food at the store not the local 'farm-stand' or from their own gardens. The cattle industry may be big----in terms of the number of animals, but its not as big as you would think in terms of number of people producing the animals and crops. There are not nearly as many diversified small family farms as there used to be. And those of us who continue to farm/ranch etc. generally haven't got the time or the money to lobby and push for legislation like the urban/city folks have. I'll stop rambling now. :oops: Katherine [/QUOTE]
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