"Brian Reisinger: Land Rich, Cash Poor"

<p>What happened to our small family farms? How did the food supply become so compromised, such that our small farmers can no longer simply sell their produce, milk, and meat to their neighbors, or compete with massive farm industries simply to stay afloat? Brian Reisinger, son of a Wisconsin farmer, explains the forces that set in from the Depression onward, which diluted the ability of the small family farmer to sustain himself or herself and to simply sell produce, grain, meat, and milk to a local marketplace. Horrible obstacles introduced in the production chain such as costly farm implements...