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the original gambler, betting a year's work on weather they can't control.
means A person who grows crops or raises livestock as their work, making a living from the land.
from From Latin firma, 'a fixed payment' — the same root behind 'firm' and 'confirm.' A medieval 'farmer' was originally someone who paid a fixed rent to work land, a tax-farmer or lease-holder, not necessarily a tiller of soil. Over time the word drifted from the one who paid for the land to the one who actually worked it, until it settled on the figure we picture now: hands in the dirt, eyes on the sky.
- feeds many
- One US farmer feeds roughly 166 people
- early riser
- Cows demand milking on their schedule, not yours
- weather addict
- They check forecasts more than stockbrokers check markets
- ancient gig
- Farming launched civilization about 12,000 years ago
- machine masters
- GPS-guided tractors now plow within inches
jesse jackson jr — u.s. representative from illinois who owned a 281-acre farm in north carolina, convicted 2012
willie nelson — country musician and activist who owns luck ranch, a 700-acre farm in texas
joel salatin — virginia-based polyface farm operator featured in 'food inc.' known for rotational grazing since 1961