Rural America used to be part of the American dream, not the American nightmare. Before the 1980s if a farmer had a poor yield one year a local bank was likely to say, “Don’t worry about it, you’ll pay me next year.” And the federal govt routinely granted loans with additional grants to help local farmers. But the sinister marriage of big banks and Big Ag obliterated that humane reality, swallowing up small local banks and showing no mercy, forcing farmers to sell out to Big Ag in a tragic hostile takeover of one of the most important sectors of our society. The corporatization of agriculture and food production has been devastating for farming and food, destroying whole communities and millions of people’s lives. It’s time for a u-turn - time for a generation to face what has is happened in this country and to turn this ship around.