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[+] -19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (12 children)
  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    How many of those farmers voted for trump? You reap what you sow, farms should know that. But many farmers have learned you reap a huge welfare check when you sow hatred so they keep doing it.

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  • [+] -11 points 11 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] [S] 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Depends on what they are farming and what you mean by "everyone".

    The article says most of this will go to those that produce soybeans and corn - most of that is livestock feed.

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  • [+] -2 points 11 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] [S] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I don't eat livestock. About 6% of Americans are vegetarian, proving that plenty of people do w/o livestock and don't starve.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    The majority of the farms around me are cash crops, not providing food for survival. I'm in central California and all I see here is almonds, pistachios, tomatoes and cows. We need to get rid of these since it's just wasted space that's doomed to fail as it's using up valuable resources to profit the few that own them.

    We have one acre and we grow a variety of different veggies, trying to grow with sustainable methods like regenerative farming practices. We trade with other like minded people and my wife donates excess to the local church to help feed the poor. We need more people doing this and less of the big corporate farmers lining their pockets while everyone else suffers.

    Screw these bailouts

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