Why Small Farms Keep Losing While Everyone Claims To Support Them
The sheep have noticed that America loves the idea of the small farm with the warm sincerity usually reserved for children’s books and almost none of the financial follow-through.
The sheep have been thinking about the strange American habit of loving small farms the way people love jazz, public libraries, and regional bookstores. Everyone glows warmly when discussing them. Then the actual money wanders off to something larger, shinier, and administratively terrifying.
According to Fancy Pants, the problem is not a lack of public …
