The age of farm operators is rising, indicating both the barriers to entry, and the reluctance of young people to enter this enormously risky and unremunerative profession.
The number of farms is declining steadily. And with the farms, the rural population declines. And with the rural population, the social infrastructure thins: Children have to ride hours to schools that cannot afford to give them the foundations for selective colleges; distances to services grow ever larger; the webs of reciprocity that make life supportable and rich, especially in the absence of ready cash, thin to the breaking point; churches loose parishioners, cannot support ministers.
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The number of farms is declining steadily. And with the farms, the rural population declines. And with the rural population, the social infrastructure thins: Children have to ride hours to schools that cannot afford to give them the foundations for selective colleges; distances to services grow ever larger; the webs of reciprocity that make life supportable and rich, especially in the absence of ready cash, thin to the breaking point; churches loose parishioners, cannot support ministers.
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