• boatsnhos931@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    How many openly queer farmers and ranchers are there? Does sexual orientation have any relevancy at tractor supply? I use a co-op most of the time because tsc is overpriced on majority of stuff

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      2 months ago

      I don’t think large-scale farmers are shopping at Tractor Supply. Outside of emergency situations.

      However, rural homesteaders suburban “backyard farms” certainly do. And there’s a lot of queer and allied gardeners and backyard farmers.

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        2 months ago

        There are, also, a lot of queer farmers (raises hands emphatically). More than you might think, apparently. I have other options but I have spent a lot of money there because it was convenient - in the same area as a farmer’s market we used to sell at.

        It’s funny though how you discount small-scale farms. 89% of farms in the US are considered small-scale.

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          2 months ago

          Not discounting small farms at all. Honestly thought anyone on more than a few acres wouldn’t shop at TSC unless they had to. But I’ll admit I don’t know a lot about that life.

          Not surprised there are vastly more small farms than large farms, but what does it look like in terms of acres?

          As bad as it sounds (in response to the “more than you might think, apparently”), it’s not as if the stereotypes have much overlap.