Small scale farmers are not the cream of society when comes to most of our governments. When you have small farms that are operated by families, that is the backbone of that community. Governments tend to look more at the big investors from outside, than the small scale producers within. Small scale family farming is more stable, balance and sustainable. The remedy for a great nation.
One of the issue with large farms/companies, they are heavily into industrialized agriculture. That collapses rural economies, driving farmers to strive for economic growth and a "development" that turns a country from food self-sufficiency to a producer of commodities with massive food import bills, an economic success story that can be wrecked by a run on the foreign exchange market.
On family farms the emphasis should be on, land conservation, food security and food safety. Eat what you grow, grow what you eat. The main fact, that what you grow you consume, makes it more comfortable to the consumer.
Small scale family farms, focus heavily on maintaining the land, knowing that it has to be passed on to the next generation. Climate has changed, and I am wondering "did that happen by our own negligence as human beings".
There are, many large farms and companies involved in agriculture just to make a lot of money, no matter the cost. The cost of human health and the cost of the environment has no bearing in some of these big businesses.
The small thought of supplying for healthy consumption, and to maintain a clean, well balanced environment is big at heart.
