Those who try to answer the question without the security of clear moral standards wander aimlessly in the fog, and they produce no policy that is effective in safeguarding the concerns of nature and those of society. It is more closely tied than any other economic activity to the very processes of life itself. Food, its production and its distribution, goes to the very heart of who we are as fragile human beings. Shelter is basic, but not so basic. Transportation is basic, but not so basic.
Nothing is so basic.
Farming is different from any other form of economic activity. Economic science sometimes calls the agricultural world the primary sector. Plain good sense would tell us that ranching and farming have a real primacy with respect to vital human needs. And we must get basic things right before going on to other things. It must therefore be treated according to his law.