"the "family farmer" still has mystique" It has a mystique because its a useful political fairytale that still proves effective. It is probably spun and refined

"the "family farmer" still has mystique" It has a mystique because its a useful political fairytale that still proves effective. It is probably spun and refined in the lobbying arms of the large corporate farms in much the same way the "personal carbon footprint" is in the lobbying / advertising arms of oil companies. Large farming companies have massive political / lobbying influence and use it to their financial benefit, family farms get almost none of that. Similar to how politicians use soldiers as shiny tokens but for the most part do almost nothing for them but the large defense firms sure do get a lot of dollars.