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To: JACKRUSSELL

“It’s not very profitable anymore in agriculture here in South County,” he said. “We just barely make it. Just getting by.”

That’s because the big corporations have come in and squeezed the little guys out or even the big independent guys.


6 posted on 07/29/2007 1:00:06 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: freekitty

You go through Fresno and see that it is dominated by big corporations now.


7 posted on 07/29/2007 1:00:51 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: freekitty
"That’s because the big corporations have come in and squeezed the little guys out or even the big independent guys."

There's that, but why don't we post some comments that don't channel DailyKos or DemocraticUnderground, hm?

Stratospheric taxation, union obstructionism, urbanization, obscene regulations, "wetlands protection", busybody environmentalists, governmental meddling... there are many contributors to the demise of the family farmer, especially in costly, government-intensive places like, well, anywhere in California.
15 posted on 07/29/2007 5:17:00 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast ([Thompson 2008!])
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