Recognizing Significance
Before you start to read this post, you need to watch this short video. When it comes to agriculture, no specific piece of writing can sum up its importance. I don't mean to toot my own horn, but it's impossible to argue how important farmers have been for the US and the world.
To me, the three most important jobs in the world are mothers, teachers and farmers. At the very basis of society, we can not evolve without any of these three people.
The video talks about a few different aspects of a farmers importance. Most notably, how many products that come from the farm, that we use in our daily lives. From stats about the approximate amount of food we need each year, to the amount of products derived from corn, wheat, soybeans, etc. Agriculture plays a role in our life in multiple ways.
For most Americans, our daily routine runs like this: wake up and get in the shower. Get dressed and eat breakfast. Jump in the car and drive to work/school. Leave work/school then head home. Take off your shoes and sit on the couch. Eat dinner then go back to the couch. Lastly, go to bed. If that sounds like you, I can think of at least 11 individual items from the farm. Bathroom towels, clothes, breakfast food, tires, gas, work supplies, leather, fabric, dinner foods and bedroom linen. All of these essential items and materials come from the farm.
So the next time you think farmers are all uneducated, redneck hicks...just remember, "My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman and a preacher, but everyday, three times a day, you need a farmer."- Brenda Schoepp.
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