The newest range among young people -- farming. It's not unusual to see hipsters flee the cities to go farm somewhere -- whether it's as a group of migrants abroad, or in a small plot of land in Maine.
Though many terrible things can be said of industrial farming -- the Meatrix comes instantly to mind -- that American youth are embracing this form of work seems to reflect the inevitable economic shift arising as a result of globalization.
For much of the last century, farms turned into Agribusiness, and family-owned farms, just large enough to be handled by a few workers, was the lot of the "developing" world.
Perhaps it's time we re-think our definition of which states are the "Developed" and "industrial" kind, and which are not.
