I retired from farming a couple of years ago. But when I did farm I contributed nothing to food for people. Everything I sold I sold for profit just like any other farmer. A city dweller who regularly donates canned goods to the local food shelf contributes more food for people than you do or I did. We, you and I were/are profit motivated. We sold/sell what we produce.
So the very idea that you are doing something noble? You ain't! You are just another business that happens to produce stuff. Some of it's even edible.
Now I'll admit that the 1 in 20 number i pulled out of thin air. Based on what I see around here. I know 2 farmers who are really concerned about residue runoff. To drive from one farm to the other is 50 miles.
Now in case you missed it. 100% of the fertilizer put into the ground isn't used by the crops. Some of is going to run off. Back in the day most of the farmers around here didn't use chemical fertilizers. And they never had enough manure to do the whole farm. So most only spread manure where they were planting corn that was only raised to feed livestock. No nitrate problems.
Plus for the last 20 years the state has really cracked down on septic systems. So just where is all these nitrates in our water coming from? We don't have enough people fertilizing lawns for that to be an issue. We ain't down stream from nothing. Only one source.
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