As rent comes due, restaurants call for aid

[farmaholic]

Glad you told us you were being sarcastic Bucket. And I get your point loud and clear whether I agree or not.
Had you truly believed the average farm in same boat as average restaurant, I would have held no hope for you

Maybe his sarcastic sarcasm makes him genuine.

Like two negatives make a positive, right?

[Taiga]

And just 3-4 years ago Liberals were telling us that incorporated small business owners were all tax cheats. These Liberals are so out of touch with society it is unbelievable.

[bucket]

My point being is farmers are judged by the shine of the paint they use by the general public....


If I judge a restaurant the same way it sounds pretty stupid...doesn't it....

Machinery is a necessary evil....tools like a cleaver in a restaurant is like air drill to a farmer.

[blackpowder]

Agree 100%
All my career I've felt farmers are their own worst enemy regarding public perception. Guess I'm not a good farmer, I don't pizz and whine in public.

[bucket]

I am a piss poor communicator. ...I have to think more before I post....

[6V53]

Moe grabbed 6% of the restaurant business a while back. If you notice a couple of laser dots on your forehead tomorrow morning when shaving ,the red one is Treudos and the green one is Moes.
After all who else takes CO2 and water and turns it into money.

[dalek]

Riddle me this one : 600 milk producers in Ontario have been told they’ll be dumping their last pickup of milk this week due to reduced demand for cream, etc while restaurants are closed and there will be more dumping to come. While consumers aren’t able to find enough milk and butter in the stores to fill their shopping lists.

[grefer]

I'm sorry but I think I must be the original dumb ****led farmer. I certainly dont pretend to think I know how every or even most farmers are doing but I have never felt so fortunate in my sixty some years to be where I am and in the profession I am. I have had many Thanksgivings and have never been so thankful. I have three almost adult children and a wife who are more important to me than squabbling about who gets what from the government. I have my own opinion of what is being said and done by politicians in both Canada and the United States but I will be damned if I will let that suck the life out of me when what is really important is right in front of my face.

[farmaholic]

I would tend to agree grefer, but there could well be an economic sobering day of reckoning coming from this.

Hopefully we'll all be around to witness and experience it, because the alternative to being here to see it makes the possible bleak outcome irrelevant.

[Sheepwheat]

Sad for our farm as we worked hard to get into supplying several with lamb. Just when we made some great strides, this virus came along. Direct sales and the stores are doing great, but no restaurant orders any more for who knows how long? It won’t kill us, we just got going, but it is still frustrating when you work for a year or two to get into the business and jump through the hoops, only to have that side collapse.

I feel terrible for our restaurants. They are in a real pickle for sure!