Old Farmers

Whenever I talk to the older farmers in the area, about half of them tell me that its great that I am getting out of farming.  The other half have their kids taking over the family farm.  I wonder what it would be like with a lot fewer family farms.  What are we losing?

There is something about picking and eating the fruit that you have grown or worked on.  I have never went to a pick your own farm, so I don't know how that fits in.   I don't think the things we grow taste any better than supermarkets; it is probably all just a mindset.  But I insist that they are better when you have put the work into them.