Almost 200 years ago our family came to this area to start farming. My information on the first 75 years is sketchy; about all I’m sure of is that they didn’t move to our present location until the 1840s, when my great, great grandfather built the “old place” now restored by the Paul Hornback family. In all that time, there were many ups and downs for farming, and no doubt many pessimists. Nevertheless, we’re still here, growing mostly crops and a little jet fuel.
Victor Davis Hanson is a conservative commentator I respect, who is widely read and very well educated. He is a college professor, and a farmer. Here is what he Continue reading “Do not farm”