Grapes, Sour Grapes, and Raisins

Insights from once commonplace agriculture

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Let me be clear: I am no agriculture expert. Far from it. Few of us are these days. According to Market Insider, only about 1.3 percent of the American population now works on a farm, compared with 70 percent in 1840.

But I grew up surrounded by hardworking farmers in West Tennessee. Both sets of my grandparents…