Gosh, I typically agree with 'most' of what you post here Mike, but not in this case. With today's economy and IT Managers standing on corners in Charlotte, NC with street signs trying to find ANY work (after having sent out literally HUNDREDS of resumes), I think it would be even more difficult for an 'ex' farmer to find a 'relevant' job as you suggest. Even so, that is not the primary issue. The real issue IMHO is how much reliance do we want to put into ONE location for our food source? And how much control over what we eat do we want to give them? Talk about a monopoly...(not to mention an easy site for destruction of our food source by terrorists). When farmers dissappear it will be a sad day for our world, not just our country. (Ok - I may be A LITTLE nearsighted here, since I spent many days as a youth in Wisconsin getting up at 4:30am everyday to do the chores BEFORE going to school and I'm thankful I don't have to do that anymore, but I respect and appreciate those that do)

Tracy

>>Get rid of manual labor and automate. This will save everyone money and there will be no labor problem. Many types of work become redundant and disappear.
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>The same thing can be said about genetically engineered food and farming. If a plot of land half the size of Texas can produce enough food to feed the world, what will our farmers do?
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>This seems to be a difficult question for some people. For me, its pretty clear that the answer is "Find a relevant job"