Source: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, 5/10/18


A few weeks ago, I sat with a third-generation California dairy farmer named Dave Ribeiro. I asked him what he wished more people knew about farmers. He gave me a wry smile and said, “That we walk among you. We look like you and talk like you. We have advanced degrees and hobbies, just like you.” Take Dave: He’s an ordinary guy with a music degree who still does gigs for fun. And if you walked past him on the street, you’d never think, “There goes a farmer.” In fact, he’s particularly amused that the last time he traveled, someone mistook him for an old acquaintance — an East Coast surgeon.

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