Government City Slickers and Those Hick Farmers

I came across an absurd USA Today story from last week that I just couldn’t let pass without reacting to. From the very first lines I struggled to keep my jaw from dislodging from my face and falling to the dirt.

Summertime can mean danger for children on farms.

An 18-year-old Amish man died from oxygen deprivation and his 14-year-old brother was injured last month as they worked in a neighbor’s farm silo in Pennsylvania. Also last month, a Maryland man and his sons, 18 and 14, died of asphyxiation while working in a farm manure pit.