Homesteader Life

Wanna know a secret? Big Ag, that filthy blood sucking parasite, is scared to death of us. Seems kinda funny, that our rag tag army of alternative farmers would pose such a threat to our generations Goliath. The signs are everywhere in the mainstream farming mags. Last copy of one of Big Dairy’s favorite brainwashing tools had a fancy glossy pull out section to educate people on why Organic farming is fraud. This was paid for by a huge animal drug company. The internet has really caused some problems for these guys, a lot of pro Big Ag stories talk about “misleading websites” and what a problem they are. The internet and the growth of alternative print mags like Acres USA and the Stockman Grass Farmer are starting to break the total control these guys have had on information. Why are they so scared? Why you know the answer to that, MONEY. If you had control of an entire group of people and tricked them into giving you every penny they made, you’d be scared too. If people try herbal remedies for mastitis and find out it works better and cheaper than drugs, these guys are in trouble. If you uncover the long forgoten age old knowlege of building sustainable soil fertility by using rotations and green manures, they lose your fertilizer and herbicide sales. They, for all the “free trade” talk, can’t stand any competition in the market place. If they are right about the safety of their product, fine. I don’t want to stop them from doing it their way. “Educate” the public on why your product is better. All we want is the chance to do the same. Lets have some real competition, folks. Your sales pitch verses ours. If you win, fine, but we both know you won’t and thats why your so darn angry with us. Big Ag likes it when you buy all those pricey inputs from them and then sell THEM your product at a loss. The sad thing is they have scared their slaves into thinking that we are the enemy. We are all a bunch of peta fruit loops, if you believe what you read. I have nothing against conventional farmers, in fact I feel awfull about the situation they find themselves in. Heck, I used to be one of them!! There is a better way, my farming brothers, throw off the shakles and pick up your pitch fork and rally behind us. We can drive these money grubbin’ vultures off the farm. At the end of the day consumers will choose who wins this fight. They will choose with how they spend their food dollars. I have faith that Big Ag will fall to the ground like Goliath. We better chop off its head when it dose.

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