[nightdriver]

The archbishop is either incredibly naive or has a hidden agenda.

There is a very simple reason why the small farm is disappearing - it has become economically unfeasible. Taxes that are imposed on small farms are more than the farm can produce.

There's a popular saying amongst us EX-farmers - "Never have a farm that's too large for your job in town to support!"

[ventana]

I don't think he is naive or has a hidden agenda. If globalization marches unremittingly forward and we, as people, cannot survive in a general way and are entirely dependent upon the state, that could be dangerous. One needn't be a farmer of immense proportions to maintain a decent amount of vegetables, for example, for one's family. Besides, around my neck of the woods, even the small roadside farmer is selling hybridized junk: the Jersey tomatoes are tough skinned tasteless things designed to ship. My heirlooms were sweet and tasty; next year I am growing heirlooms exclusively. I raised my tomatoes from seed, same with my lettuces and basil and beans. V's wife.

[EGPWS]

The archbishop is either incredibly naive or has a hidden agenda.

Or is directing his busy mind to things that don't fit his title for which has given him his notoriety in the first place.