The problem with "great programmers solve problems" is that great programmers are often reluctant to solve problems that don't involve programming. Farming is

The problem with "great programmers solve problems" is that great programmers are often reluctant to solve problems that don't involve programming. Farming is interesting because you need to make use of all of the tools at your disposal (including programming, electronics, mechanics, etc.) to solve the problems of the farm – of which there are many! Students often have difficulty seeing the forest for the trees. The purpose of teaching coding may be to teach analytical skills, but the students will only see coding. Very few will know how to take those lessons and apply it to, say, a mechanical machine to automate their life. Great people solve problems – the tool they use doesn't matter. I do think learning to farm would go a long way to instil that in students.