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Online farm game

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In her annual Christmas letter, one of my friends pointed out that all members of her family share the hobby of playing the online game “Farmville.”

As my friend explained, if you are not familiar, it is a game where you run a farm. As is not always the case in real farming, you get money for your crops and that helps you buy inputs for the next season.

Farmville does not mirror real-life farming, but the game does plant a seed in the minds of those playing – reminding them – albeit in a virtual kind of way – that farmers feed us.

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