Interesting. It's a dream to move out to the country, raise my own food. Be self-sufficient. It's 'progress' to me - to get away from cities.
I'm constantly watching (with no small amount of awe) the skills of people like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTHRIwPV7Xo
and this:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIix6MklfJFywa_36iDj8Sw
that last one has over 4 million subscribers.
Please understand, I'm not quibbling with you. As I said, it's just "interesting".
LOL, and the first one has almost 7 million subscribers!
It would actually be a good thing if there were a lot more small farms and more local/regional distribution chains. Much more resilience than Big AG.