AgEcon??? That was my XH's undergrad degree before going on to Law School!!
I grew up in a small central Texas town of 10,000
I imagine our childhoods were very different then. Ohio culture and farming and Texas culture and farming. But I do “get it” when it comes to farming.
But you were mocking the idea of loving the land and farming being part of the founding values of this country, weren't you?
Anyway, it's clear that you have some issues with me and, like you said before, there is something about me that "sort of turns you off," so I am not sure what your point was in your long post to me. I've started to respond but it is just such a long post and I'm not sure what your point of wanting to continue a conversation with me is really about...
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ~Albert Camus