Whenever I go home, I don't go to a concrete laden city with grey skies and busy streets.  I go to a small town with almost more cows than people and time seems to move slower than the the slowest Southern drawl.  Although it sounds peaceful for the slow talking farmers around, everything isn't as easy as it seems.  My family owns a 600 acre farm, seems big to most but nowadays all that is going to supply you is enough money to barely break even (if you are lucky) and a bad drinking habit.  It seems the only way to make a living in the dirt  is by renting thousands of acres and sowing your crops on these huge masses of land.  Those who cant afford to rent the land and pay for the massive amounts of machinery needed are just shit out of luck.  The days of the Family Farmer are gone, corporate farming is taking over because of the mass producing and benefits from governmental aid.Family farmers are being forced out of business at an alarming rate. According to Farm Aid, every week 330 farmers leave their land.ⁱ As a result, there are now nearly five million fewer farms in the U.S. than there were in the 1930's.ⁱⁱ Of the two million remaining farms, only 565,000 are family operations.  I know I am assuming that the days of the family farmer shouldn't be over with because small farmers are the sole proprietors of organic products.  You will not find an organic farming corporation or hell, even a corporation that gives a damn about preserving the environment.  If corporate farming takes over, not only will it leave those farmers who have lost the farm out in the cold but it will also cause whole communities crumble.   America will be left to watch as one of the most important parts of our nation's backbone fades into the sky with the black smoke from a John Deere.