General Discussion

“There is growing evidence that long-term pesticide use is linked to to alterations in farmers' mental health”

“These chemicals that farmers use, look what they do to an insect. It ruins their nervous system,” Peters said. “What is it doing to the farmer?”

“Farming is a stressful job – uncontrollable weather, physical demands and economic woes intertwine with a personal responsibility for land that often is passed down through generations. But experts say that some of the chemicals used to control pests may make matters worse by changing farmers’ brain chemistry.”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/high-rates-of-suicide-depression-linked-to-farmers-use-of-pesticides/

We didn’t lose because of the farmers- according to YouGov, we lost because 19 million Dems who voted for Biden in 2020, stayed home. Main reason given by younger voters - genocide. And, even after knowing this we had a bunch of Dems go to Israel last week.

So we have around 2 million farms in US BUT 19 million Democrats didn’t vote. I don’t think we can blame this loss on farmers.