The Grain Farmer’s Perspective

Last week I got an email from a wheat farmer in South Dakota. He had read Grain Brain and mentioned he learned a lot by doing so. In the interest of furthering his knowledge, he wanted to know what message I had for grain farmers. If he was to quit producing grain and wheat, he wanted to know what farmers who want to produce products that are healthy for consumers should be doing, both to produce something that can “feed the world,” and make a sustainable business for them. I was very excited to hear from him, and think it’s a fascinating topic, so I’m sharing our exchange with all of you. After reading Grain Brain, he e-mailed me the following: I own a wheat farm, just bought your book and read it last night.  I like to learn about things, and enjoyed your book. If you have a message to the farmers in the world who grow grains and feed the planet, what would it be? Farmers represent 1% of the population of the world yet provide all the food, so our perspective is a bit lost out there in the “real world”.  Just curious if you consider our perspective from something other than the knee jerk greedy capitalist point of view.  If we quit producing grain, what should we do instead?  I presume the world will be hungry when all the bread and pasta is gone, not to mention being upset about the beer. Not trying to be flippant here, serious question. I would love to produce a product that is healthy for the consumer.  Hope to hear from you. Best regards, RB I promptly ...
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