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Sunrise Memories Part Two

In 2016, I wrote a long post in response to a question from The Farmer's Daughter on Facebook. Her position is that genetic modification of agriculture is a mostly good thing that is getting a bad rap. THE PROMPT "Do you have a picture in your brain of what farming was like in the good old days? Were there deer and bunnies wandering around a cabbage patch? You’re picturing a Disney movie, not agriculture." MY THOUGHTS ON GROWING UP IN THE COUNTRY I wasn't very fond of it growing up, but I've come to recognize that there were some things to be grateful about from my parents' homesteading on the acre of land that they purchased in 1950. Today's authentic gratitude post was triggered by this article I have shared. I'd love to see your responses. To answer the writer's question, I do have a picture in my mind of our little patch of Ohio. It includes a large flower garden, an orchard, a quarter-acre veggie and berry garden, compost pi...