Got Agony?

I have a dear friend, Annie, who lives on a small farm in southern Oregon. She grows organic strawberries and sells them to local markets and produce vendors. Her life sounds idyllic in many ways. The truth is that Annie spends hours each day stooped in the fields planting, weeding and picking berries. She hires help when she can but the only time she is not farming is when she is in town selling the fruits of her labors. She boards horses and raises goats to keep money coming in during the winter months. Despite her hard work, Annie barely…