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Personally I don’t like to negotiate with farmers. They’re usually family run and is rather they make a good living. At car dealerships like autonation? Oh fuck
by aldebran 5y ago
Personally I don’t like to negotiate with farmers. They’re usually family run and is rather they make a good living. At car dealerships like autonation? Oh fuck that, I’ll fight for every dollar!
- astrange 5y agoMedian farming family in the US are millionaires, and it's not a good thing they're family-owned any more than a used car dealership or small landlord is. They're both in the same class of landed gentry/small business owners, except farmers get more tax breaks. As you can learn from @SarahTaber_bww, they're also the most likely to use slave labor because small businesses can't afford HR departments.
- mahogany 5y agoAre you sure that applies to farmers at farmer's markets? The farmers at the farmer's market that I personally know are not that wealthy and have farms on dozens of acres. Re: slave labor, you might be talking about farmers that have thousands of acres, selling at large scale, who need to hire a lot of hands. Also, "millionaire" seems a bit misleading here. A family farm that's passed down might have a million in assets, but that gets eaten up quickly when you count land, vehicles, livestock, etc. It doesn't necessarily mean someone is living like a king with dispensable income. However, I'm definitely ignorant about the data when it comes to this, so I'll take a closer look!
- aldebran 5y agoIs this true for farmers in farmers markets? I think this might be the case for large scale farming. Most farmers I see in my farmers market have relatively small land. My hypothesis is that if they’re big enough they don’t need to deal with the small quantities at farmers markets. And car dealerships, especially the chains are absolutely not in the same bucket.