> People give modern farmers a lot of crap, but overall they are very interested in taking care of their land, and using as few fertilizers and pesticides as po

> People give modern farmers a lot of crap, but overall they are very interested in taking care of their land, and using as few fertilizers and pesticides as possible, if for no other motive than the profit one. You must be exposed to vastly different types of farmers than I have been. I've worked in the ag tech industry and have lived in Iowa most of my life. The idea that farmers are responsible stewards of the land doesn't seem to have any basis in reality. Half of the water bodies in Iowa are unusable because of pollution. Beaches at lakes are closed often due to bacterial blooms caused by farm runoff. Iowa has an advisory on limiting how much caught fish you eat due to farm pollution. In addition, farmers are destroying the top soil by not rotating crops (corn and soy is where the profit is at) and over tilling. This doesn't even touch on the hog factories that are literally overflowing with shit and all the damage that does to our environment and air quality. Where are you seeing farmers actually taking care of the land?