Although it is more and more talked about organic and near-produced, many of us do not think too much about where the food comes from when we sit down to eat. Nor do we think of the peasants who struggle hard every day to make the hours go together. They get up in the ottoman, work hard all day, yet there's always more work waiting for them. Many farmers are burning to deliver a good product that is good for us and for the environment , but at what price?
Katie Spence Pugh is married to a farmer, and knows all too close how life on a farm can look like. After a long day of hard work, she came home to take care of children and households. She was exhausted , and her husband, Eugene, still had several hours left on the fields. She was angry and frustrated, sending an outraged message to her husband. She was tired and irritated, and she wanted him to know how tired she was living as they did. They almost never saw, and she alone took care of the home, the children, the act and much, much more. She knew that the harvest season was the most demanding for Eugene, but still she was annoyed. Instead of being angry at her cheeky message, Eugene came home and sat down in the kitchen to take something to eat.
He was also tired, sweaty and completely exhausted after a hard day's work. But he did not complain, he was just sorry that Katie felt like she did. After a while our daughter came and sat down next to her dad. She talked about everything and nothing and also ate most of his food. He shared, and that's when Katie got a revelation. Here, she wrote on her Facebook page where she shared the event that made her understand and appreciate the lives they had: "Do I wish we saw him more than an hour a day? Yes. But the love he has at his job is really something to envy.
Farmers work in an unobtrusive industry. There is always no GMO hit, and organic here, and then we will not even talk about the stress that Mother Earth gives. This man works to maintain four generations of blood, sweat and tears, and shows his children the value of hard work and discipline. So while I was frustrated, I should have been grateful. "
"I'll sit down, have dinner and hear the children tell me about their day. I'll have to bathe them and hear them laugh. I'll cuddle with them and love them three hours more than him. He is the one who sacrifices, not me. "
"We will continue to fight until the next rainy day, as we get a few extra hours with our hard workers."
Meanwhile, next time you wear your beautiful cotton sweater or eat a delicious meal from an organic farm, thank the farmer. What would we be without them? "
If it were not for families like this we would not have good crops to put on our dining table. There is something that in any case I did not think of before but will do in the future, I bet you will too.