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I wouldn't say the folks I know who are moving to farms intend to go into the business. More so as a means of seeing it as a way to find solid footing so they can escape many years of landlords having a tight grip on their income.

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And instead now they have to worry about major food buyers squeezing their income, droughts, etc

“Everyone has a boss”.

Never heard one person planning on selling to major food buyers. Everyone knows that's a losing game. Farmers markets and co-ops give much better prices.

It's not about money though. The motivations are to get away from money actually, and to just have your needs met. You can eat like a king for a month just from a single pig slaughter.

This is my plan once I have a sufficient nest egg from my software engineering career. It where I am in my dreams and in my astrological chart working with animals and plants to build permaculture gardens and structures.

I am going to screw up the story. But, there is a fable where a millionaire was talking to a fisherman who lived a relaxing life on island who only owned one boat.

The millionaire asked the fisherman why didn’t he buy more boats so he could become rich?

The fisherman asked the millionaire why would he want to do that?

The millionaire said so the fisherman can work hard and retire to an island and have a relaxing life....

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