Northern Farmer

Well, I stepped in it with both feet today. Yesterday afternoon we had some relation over and I was talking farming to the kids. It can’t hurt them getting full of my wisdom, except for an overload, but I try to take it easy on them. They were being filled with my opinions on GMO foods and crops. Also covered was how much money kids can make on a farm using the Polyface model. You know, chicken tractors, range eggs, the works. Six figure income for teenagers, beats the heck out of working at the convenience store, eh. I had no idea that they were actually listening to me. But today I’m pretty proud of the younger generation.

After the local school got out today, I was informed by the relation that because of my teachings that the class today on biotechnology got pretty heated. The teacher was bragging up how GMO crops will feed the world and that’s the way all the future will be. Now, these kids aren’t anywhere as ignorant as the teacher, in fact I think they should set that teacher down in the dunce chair and read her the riot act. A teacher whom has no clue how the world runs telling how good factory farming, GMO crops, poisonous chemicals are for a happy life on this old ball called Earth.

The kids wouldn’t stand for it, man am I proud of those kids. They talked back saying sustainable methods could produce at least four times the food that the industrial method does currently, healthy food, not poison. Gee, wonder where they got that from. The world would be a cleaner better place. But we couldn’t have that now, could we, what about corporate profits, that’s really what we’re supposed to worship, ain’t it? I hear tell, them kids had that teacher in a corner, madder than a red eyed mother cow, and the teacher had no comebacks for them kids. Some kids were just riding the sidelines, but when the good guy kids mentioned teenagers making six figure incomes farming a healthy way, there were a lot of converts, quick.

So I asked who were all the other kids that took our hero kids side. To a tee they were from Christian families that I know and love. Guess them kids are being taught proper in their homes. So I figure it doesn’t pay to be silent about these things, spread the word, teach the children the truth about what’s happening in society today, the truth won’t hurt them, only the lack of it does. We owe them the truth.

Here’s a little cannon fodder for the youngsters to take to their teacher.

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