re: Talk to your kids about the SEC myth

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Corn and soy beans, brah. Pig farming has almost exclusively gone the way of large corporate farms.

I almost wish I had grown up with my Iowa side of the family. Working for myself as a farmer sounds so much better to me than office work right now.

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I spent a summer working a farm as a teenager and let me tell you, they knew how to have fun! Pig roasts and keggers almost every weekend. There was always work to do, but it wasn't a bad lifestyle and they all seemed to make plenty of money. At least before the corporates moved in.

All that said, being married to the animals or having your fortunes determined by the amount of rain your crops get could get old and stressful quick. Not to mention purchasing and paying off six figure equipment. Lots of variables outside of your control to bankrupt you or make your life stressful as hell. No thanks.