Farming Profitability Debate
The cluster focuses on debates about the economic realities and profitability of farming as a business, contrasting romanticized views with actual challenges like low profits, land use decisions, and misconceptions among non-farmers, often in response to tech-related farmland proposals.
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don't we already have farming?
Farming is not done for profit?
Not sure that qualifies as "farmland"?
Don't farms already do this?
Good for farmers. What about others?
Iām not sure the farmer would agree with you.
Ah, yes, lets return the fulfilling life of subsistence farming ;)
can people on hacker news stop pretending they have any idea what farming was like
seems like your privilege talking; nobody is comparing to field farming here.
Farming isn't really possible.