My high school's mascot is a farmer, with overalls, a pitchfork, and an angry grimace on his face. I was, and still am, proud to come from a rural area where farming is a significant part of everyone's lives.

Growing up in the Midwest, specifically Illinois, we are in farming country. When we think of a farmer in our modern world, an image very similar to my high school mascot comes to mind. Maybe there's a piece of wheat in their mouth, some hat on top of their head, and they are standing next to a fence post. This idea is like a stock photo of what a farmer, but there is so much more. Being a farmer is a job title that not many have, but they hold the weight of the world on their shoulders.