“If agriculture goes wrong … nothing else has the chance to go right.”

Those words hit me hard lately. Because it feels like the world around us is going wrong in so many ways — not because of politics or the economy, and not because of farmers or the price of food, but because of how we treat each other. The division, the blaming, the shaming — somewhere along the line, people have forgotten how to care.

We’ve forgotten how to work together to solve problems. Too often, people speak — or type — without even an ounce of understanding about the topics they’re tearing apart and without a trace of compassion for the people living them. The world has become loud with blame and quiet with empathy.

I’ve seen comments online that make me ache — people mocking farmers who are struggling, turnin

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