ON THE WAY TO SKYLINE DRIVE

 Last month we decided to point our car in the direction of Skyline Drive, and these bucolic rural scenes were on the way.

There was also a lot of farmland.

According to a website I found at this link:

 There are 43,225 farms in Virginia.  

The typical Virginia farmer is 58.5 years old.  

The average farm size is 181 acres.

Farms cover 7.8 million acres.

Approximately 36 percent of Virginia's primary farm operators are female.

Less than 15 cents of every consumer dollar spent on food actually goes to the farmer.

The website sources are from the 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture, 2016 survey data from National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and the Economic Reserarch Service (ERS).

"Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man.

~George Washington~

"We have neglected the truth, that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist."

~Wendell Berry~

I am once again thanking and remembering our farmers.

THANK A FARMER

Dedicated to all our farmers.  We have them in the family.  I've had them as friends also, often unsung heroes of the land.  To all farmers I send them love and gratitude.  Thank a Farmer :)