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| The day has already begun Ingersoll, ON September 2025 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
It doesn’t need to, of course, because the farmers have already been at it for hours, quietly working the earth so the rest of us can eat.
We’re blessed in southern Ontario with some of the most productive agricultural land on the planet, and as I stare out the passenger window, one farmstead after another slips past, lives of purpose playing out in the shadows of commuters too busy to notice.
I remind myself how lucky we are to live here, to be surrounded by endless stretches of farmland.
Except they’re not endless. And they don’t just run themselves. Someone drags out of bed at oh-dark-stupid o’clock and risks life and limb to feed the flock, nurture the crops, and bring it all to market. Someone in the shadows goes without sleep and safety so the rest of us never have to think about where it all comes from.
The least we can do when we whip by at triple-digit speeds is look into those same shadows and feel some gratitude before the unseen heroes of modern life disappear into the rearview.
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