Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to be Farmers

OPINION Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to be Farmers by Bren Smith via New York Times

Why am I taking out loans to go to grad school? Because I think it's less risky than taking out loans to become a farmer and maybe it'll give me a shot at affording a farm business some day. So twisted is this path. This opinion piece rants about the barriers young people face in pursuing small-scale farming:

The dirty secret of the food movement is that the much-celebrated small-scale farmer isn’t making a living. After the tools are put away, we head out to second and third jobs to keep our farms afloat. Ninety-one percent of all farm households rely on multiple sources of income.