Professions that are dying out; dialogue

Today in our programme, Traditions, we are talking about a profession that is dying out, a farmer. John Fields, one of the last farmers in our country, is in our programme to explain and show us, how this profession has changed.

Maria: Welcome Mr Fields, we are so grateful that you are here in our programme today.

Mr Fields: Hello, I am so pleased to be here.

Maria: Nowadays everybody is conscious that some professions, like farmers, are dying out because of the new technologies and other economic and social advances.
I would like to know how you realize these changes that are becoming dangerous to fall down farmer’s profession.

Mr Fields: Well, as you perfectly said, new technologies affect so much in our job. Certainly, these new machines and also the new knowledge help farmer at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and then during the next times, to develop and also to produce more agricultural products and with that, reducing employees. However these changes are becoming dangerous because of this worker’s reductions and also for the rural exodus that the industry produced.

Maria: That is, this profession is dying, in part because of this rural exodus that was produced by the industry and in consequence, less people worked now and before in farmer fields. So, as we can see this is the origin of theses causes. And finally, a last question Mr Fields; do you think this tradition will die completely in the future?

Mr Fields: Perhaps in the future there will be only some people that have some private fields and nobody will dedicate their life to be a farmer.

Maria: Okay, thank you very much Mr Fields for your attention and see you in another interview.

Mr Fields: You are welcome, good bye.