Did you hear about the plane that didn’t crash?

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Did you hear about the plane that didn’t crash?

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No, probably not.

Because that wouldn’t make for a very good story, would it?

You only hear about the rare plane that does crash because it makes for a story.  According to statisticbrain.com, the odds of being killed in a plane crash are 1 in 29 million.  So, I wouldn’t say that plane crashes are the norm, would you?

This same reasoning can be applied to agriculture.

You see posts or hear about a farm abusing their livestock; However, this is NOT the norm.  These people are horrific and should be punished to the full extent of the law.  These rare, awful stories get the media attention, but like a plane crash they are just that-rare.  You hardly ever hear about the normal farms that do the right thing, care for their livestock and the land, and provide for their communities and the world.

By now it…

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