Tbh I wouldn't mind farming if cash crops such as alfalfa were limited to being less then 50% of crops grown, if they didn't take 90% of water parsed to states while citizens and businesses only got 9% then tell us to stop showering when we ask why or for them to cut back during record droughts, and if they didn't vote for those who litterally reinstated child labor after we knew children were losing limbs. But hey im just a rural city boy thats read their 90 page water rights bill so wtf do i know.
The whole thing is unsustainable due to population and our disconnect from "mother earth". Farming was sustainable and made sense, but now there really is no way to advance without creating mass pollution and waste, especially when everyone is trying to get theirs. I think the turbulence on the horizon is going to lead to a natural progression "backwards" as population declines and we even out with the capabilities of what the earth can provide.