You know, that's interesting. I know a farmer who does small farming (for CSA boxes and local restaurants) and his farm is doing just fine because he grows a variety of things, properly takes care of his field, cycles crops around, composts all the waste, uses natural things like chickens and bees to help care for the land....his farm is producing really well even though this was kind of a weird year for his region.

Almost like if you farm properly to grow food for people to eat instead of farming for short term profit alone, the land doesn't turn into a giant dustbowl