New Documentary “Farmsteaders” Shows the Struggle Small Farms Face in America
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Nick and Celeste Nolan have risked everything.
Nick and Celeste Nolan have risked everything.
South African agriculture is comprised of mainly two categories of farmers -- the subsistence farmers in the former homeland areas and the large-scale commercial farmers. This is in contrast with the situation in many other countries in the world where one would find a whole range of farm sizes, ranging from the very small or subsistence farmer to the very large farmer/agribusiness.
USA/ Statistically, the family farm makes up ninety-eight percent of all American farms, while farmers in general comprise 2% of the work force in the United States. 40% of the crop market is accounted for by 2.5% of nation's total farms, while family farmers produce approximately twenty-seven percent of the American crop production.
Reduce the number of guns and you will reduce crime in South Africa.
That is what non-profit Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) said on Tuesday after the release of the 2017/18 crime statistics.
Guns were the weapon of choice for more than four out of every 10 murders (41.3%) and almost six out of 10 aggravated robberies (59.5%).
“Violent crime has not been this high since late 1990‚ when the number of guns in South Africa peaked.
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