Clayton Rye - who writes for Successful Farming's Agriculture.com - has a great column about an uniformed radio talk show host and the opportunity to set things right missed by farmers.
Here are a few lines from "A Gallon of Ignorance", but be sure to read it all here:
I am wondering why a dairy producer did not call in to tell about today's situation. Are there so few dairy producers left or, since it was 6:00 AM, were they too busy with their morning's work to stop and call the radio show.
We food producers have a story to tell that is not reaching all the people who need to hear it. We cannot wait for someone else to tell it.
We members of the agriculture industry have our work cut out for us. There is a lot of ignorance in the public about how markets work and what is required to grow a bushel of grain, a pound of meat, or a gallon of milk. The gap between the grower and the consumer has widened and it will continue to do so.
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