Who among you ever thinks about the farmer or his wife? The fate of their children, and most troubling of all, the consequences of working with pesticides? What is most important about the plight of the female farmer - or more commonly known throughout the world as the farmer's wife - is something that is affecting many of us today. With the rising costs of pesticides, the difficulties in obtaining subsidies, and the drop in produce purchases due to increased costs, the farmer is finding it impossible to feed their families. Leaving it up to the husband to go to the city to find work. The wife, therefore, is left to tend to the house, the children and the farm. In parts of the developing world, many men in this situation commit suicide leaving the wife to not only deal with the running of the house, children and farm, but also left with the shame of her husbands actions, and much more harmful, becoming disenfranchised. Notice any similarities
It is imperative we all pay attention to the impact of our collective and personal actions on the environment. During the next decade, our global community will be unable to deal effectively with the formidable environmental challenges posed by decades of environmental mismanagement. There are many environmental issues I write about in this blog, some will scare you, and it is my hope, these articles will give you a reason to question and search for answers.