In the not too distant future
Our farms will shut up shop
We’ll get our dinner from elsewhere
And our standard of living will drop
We’ll scratch our heads and wonder why
We cannot sustain our creed
Deluded by entitlement
and insulated from the need
The signs were there for sure
But we skimmed over the details
And now we’re like a train wreck
In slow motion as it derails
What will our excuses be to
The generations of tomorrow
When all they’ll have to eat
Is regretfulness and sorrow?
2 comments:
I know there is a lot of sentiment that "farms will disappear". I don't think this will happen. Why? Well I think that farmers are very astute business. That don't do anything that won't make a buck. At the moment they are getting little return for food and are looking for other investments, think trees. Well if half the farmers did this, then food supply would drop, price would go up, farmers would plant food again.
A bit simplistic, but basic economics
Hi Paul-Valid points all. What do we do about the imminent retirement of many farmers whose median age is in the 60's?
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