Well this is my first Blog ever so bear with me...  I heard on the radio the other day that for the first time in the history of the earth that farming/agriculture isn't the number one industry, it is now the service industry.  I wouldn't consider myself a true farmer by no means but we do plant a little over an acre every year and sale our produce at a few farmers markets every week.   I decided I better learn from my Dad how to farm and from my Mom about canning food before they weren't here to ask so for the last 5 years I've been spending my summers with them so that I could glean from their knowledge. After all I've been thinking,  What would happen if the BIG Crop Producers failed to produce enough food or something happend to the crops in that region, would I or anyone in my generation even know how to grow a garden to provide food for ourselves????  Here's  a perfect example...We had dug some fresh potatoes to take to a local farmer's market in Atlanta.  A very nicely dressed, well spoken lady walks up to our stand and starts bagging up her produce that she wants to purchase.  Suddenly she looks up at me and says, "My, these potatoes have dirt on them."  I said, oh do you need me to bag them for you so you won't get your hands dirty?  She replies, "Why would I want to buy potatoes that have been dropped in the dirt?"  I thought she was joking and started to laugh until I realized that she was serious.  I explained that potatoes grew under the ground and that these potatoes were freshly dug the day before.  She said, "Really??? I thought they grew on a plant and you picked them."   Turned out this lady is a HIGHLY educated person who makes A LOT of money in a years time but if the economy crashes will this lady be able to survive????  I hope we never have to find out, after all I haven't seen to many Help Wanted ads looking for Potato pickers!!!