Breaking news: Farming no longer number one human activity
source: http://blog.longnow.org/2007/09/07/farming-loses-dominance-for-first-time-in-10000-years/
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- sloan
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Okay, I say "breaking news" mostly tongue-in-cheek, but it's actually pretty momentous. Farming has been mankind's number one occupation for, oh, TEN THOUSAND YEARS. Now more people spend more time working in industry and, even more, in service.Really curious: Do you actually know any farmers? 'Cause I don't.-
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thejunkman
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I grew up on a family farm, my parents still farm, but as you say I moved away and work in industry. In the rual areas they call it the "brain drain"
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sgwhites
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Huh. I actually do know a couple people whose families own farms.
- 5 years ago
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