Forget the myths, and thank a farmer today

By Father Brendan Lee
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:49am, first published August 7 2018 - 7:00pm
THINKERS: Father Brendan Lee says the idea that farmers are somehow not intelligent is completely without foundation.
THINKERS: Father Brendan Lee says the idea that farmers are somehow not intelligent is completely without foundation.

We know what people claim is the oldest profession in the world. But the actual oldest profession in the world is clearly farming. Unless we came from the primordial soup, crawling out of the ocean. In which case, the oldest profession in the world is fishing. 

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