I know that being from Nebraska and writing about farming is a stereotype, but I do not live on a farm. I don't ride a horse to work. I don't own cows. I don't grow corn.
Having said that, I do know some farmers. As it turns out, if farmers don't belong to a co-op, they get no help.
Here is what we grow in Nebraska: corn (only 20% of yellow corn is for human consumption, and sweet corn is less than 1%), soy beans (lots of uses which include food and non-food sources), wheat (straw/hay), milo (to feed cattle), sod (for rich people's yards), and alfalfa (again to feed cattle).
We don't grow vegetables in Nebraska. You might find food in people's backyard, but not in large farming situations. How can we progress as a society (or a state) if we don't grow things which people can actually eat? Instead Nebraska grows things which become part of something of an industrial train.
Maybe, just maybe, we should all try to self-sustain, just in case.
My suggestion: plant something edible in whatever space you have. And then share.
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