Farmers and financial aid

[a completely inoffensive name]

Subsidizing food production is one of the best things government ever did. Why would you want free market economics to dictate what's on your dinner plate?

As with all things, the subsidies need to be crafted more carefully and need to be more removed from politics.

Make no mistake as to the education of farmers. Many (maybe most) farmers go to college (or have someone in the family who did) to get a degree in agriculture. Here in the US, Midwestern/great plains universities are known for their agricultural departments. The laborers who do the hard work have little to no education at all. I can't imagine Europe being any different in this regard.