Comments on: Why Dodge’s “So God Made a Farmer” Ad Made Me Cry

By: Gena

Gena — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:41:25 +0000

I loved this commercial! I grew up in a farming community and while my parents weren’t farmers, they taught the farmers’ kids. Great people with great hearts! I now wish I was a farmer!

By: essijay

essijay — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:25:04 +0000

i do love the commercial – my great grandparents were farmers. and i lived on their farm land from ages 12 til 23 – most of the acreage had been sold to a family friend that promise (and fulfilled that promise) to keep it as farmland and not sell it to someone who’d just let it grow over or who’d turn it into a trailer park…
nowadays most people don’t really understand what farmers back then did – they did EVERYTHING. nowadays, in order for farmers to make any profit, they have to stick with one or two things – only crops or only dairy or only meat. and “farmer” is a word that doesn’t even invoke images of what it used to – but moreso people in lab coats injecting who-knows-what into their seeds or animals, thanks to the wonderful monsanto folks and their ilk.
i’ll always have a great deal of respect for farmers like my ancestors – who respected the land, the animals, and the people with whom they did their business.
thank you for the post and the memories it brought back.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:20:31 +0000

It’s always amazed me how some commercials can just touch us in the right way! Thank you for sharing your story with us. You made me cry!

By: Lindsey G

Lindsey G — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:27:53 +0000

Great post! Living in east Tennessee, we’re surrounded by farmers. Although my Dad despised every minute he had to help his parents on the farm, he taught me that it IS and WAS hard work. I have so much respect for farmers – heck, our little container gardens are hard enough to take care of!

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:52:06 +0000

Hallmark commercials are usually tear jerkers for me!

By: Linette

Linette — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:46:06 +0000

The Farmer commercial was my absolute favorite Super Bowl commercial this year! My grandpa was a farmer too, and I spent hours every day as a child following him around the farm. He sounds an awful lot like your grandfather:-) I was also a big Paul Harvey fan. I wasn’t even in the room, but when I heard Paul Harvey’s voice I gravitated in and watched the commercial. It brought tears to my eyes too, just thinking about those times growing up with my grandfather.

By: Sarah @ East9thStreet

Sarah @ East9thStreet — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:38:43 +0000

This commercial made me stop in my tracks. I can’t even tell you want the product was for but I can tell you between talking with local chefs and learning about the small farmers who raise crops and livestock, I have an even greater appreciation for them.

By: viewsadmin

viewsadmin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:29:39 +0000

He was definitely very special to me I loved that the best things I learned from him were through actions and not words.

By: viewsadmin

viewsadmin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:51:49 +0000

So true, Cecile!

By: viewsadmin

viewsadmin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:49:04 +0000

And when you do that, you’ll always just be moving on to the next new unless you learn how to make things work. So important!