Joshua Edward, thanks for reading and thanks for commenting.

I don't have much experience in this life, but I do have the experience of growing up on a working dairy farm, which many people my age do not have. I simply was trying to share the flavor of what it is like farming. Sometimes I actually miss the farm and my sense of self-worth on it so much I ache. But farming is not some Pinterest ideal of "living off the grid" or beautiful vegetables fresh from the giving earth coated with dew and loamy soil.

If you think farming is anything but a struggle I would direct you to the wave of farmers committing suicide. These are able, hard-working, decent people who just can't go on one more day. That is not all farming, but it is part of farming and we need to acknowledge that. And then we all need to pay 100% more money for our food. https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2020/03/07/farmer-suicide-deaths-alarm-rural-communities-in-the-midwes/43905301/

I am amused that your tagline is "tribeless wanderer." Good for you, and good luck trying to grow food without help when you are "tribeless," and also "wandering."

I come from a rifle-owning culture and have no problem with rifle ownership when the rifles are used for hunting or sustenance. However, the only belief I have left is one of nonviolence. I don't want to shoot myself either. But I simply don't have the right to shoot another person. The end.

Please do paint a picture of agriculture that you think is more accurate than the one I have given, and I will come read it and comment on it as well. I'd love to learn more about your background and experiences in the field.