Circumstantial Evidence

Too often many of us pass judgement on someone based solely on circumstantial evidence through a second or third party trickle down. It’s easy to do, and it happens in major corporations, small business, cities, and rural communities alike. This is something farmers and ranchers have found themselves facing on a daily basis with more and more regularity. The onslaught of media attention garnered by anti-agriculture activists has painted farmers and ranchers as “big business”, “factory” farmers, or land moguls. In reality, farmers and ranchers are an integral part of their communities; as good neighbors, parents, volunteers, and friends. What most anti-ag activists have not taken the time to do is know those they consider opponents. If they had, they would realize that farmers and ranchers are not about the bottom line no matter the cost, they are about being community members. If farmers and ranchers do not properly respect and care for their land and their animals, it is not just them who suffer, it is also the communities in which they reside and call home that will suffer. Something no farmer or rancher worth their salt wants to see happen.