North Dakota was just ranked the top state for quality of life and also the state that gets the drunkest. I feel there might be a connection between those two honors.
The grandpa you laughed at behind his back for letting you watch violent war movies as a kid, but who freaked out about the Disney show where the kid had 2 Dads... that guy was right.
There was evil in the war movie, but it was generally evil depicted AS EVIL in a great struggle between good and evil, and it trained the consciences of a generation to value things like...
- Valor
- Self-sacrifice
- Courage
- Integrity
- Honor
- Patriotism (yes, patriotism IS a good thing)
My Dad used to say, "The worst kind person is the guy who was born on third and acts like he hit a triple."
Be wise, but watch a war movie with your kids today and help your American kid understand they were born on third base because a bunch of people died to get them three bases ahead.
@jamesdecker2006 Funny how they only reference glyphosate on what dessication causing all these issues which is a tiny % of the wheat consumed, but never mention how in 20 years a loaf of bread can now last 4-5 weeks with preservatives that the consume is directly putting in their body.
I worked for 20 years in "Big Ag" so you don’t have to. This is what they don’t want you to know:
Farmers don’t have time for conspiracy theories.
Romanticize farming all you want, but without modern tools, you’d starve.
GM crops aren't frankenfood.
They cut pesticide use, resist drought, and improve yields, all while passing some of the strictest safety checks in science.
They are the least unknown crops.
Your food is safe. Period.
Pesticides are tested more rigorously than most medicines.
Farming isn’t killing the planet.
Modern farming uses less land, less water, and fewer inputs than ever before. Innovation is the solution, not the problem.
Organic farming still use pesticides. Some are more toxic and less effective than synthetic alternatives, meaning higher doses are needed.
If you really care about feeding the world and protecting the planet, focus on facts, not fear.
My name is Simon and my goal is to make people smarter, not angrier.
Drop a “Hi” in the comments and let me know if you have any questions about Ag!
@horterfarm@MichaelPanzier@gavin_spoor Dad had to literally make his own scraper for our gumbo ground. Problem solved works great. Also we bent the closing wheel 7 degrees. Case won’t adopt the scraper cuz it is a “regional problem” but yet we moved blades in many states.