Growing food

Never before have I grown food of my own. Like most Americans I buy processed food and occasionally I eat organic and I assume more healthy food. Gardening as a hobby was never something I found any interest in or frankly even understood, I perceived it as tedious work for a small reward. This probably is attributed to the fact that I live  in a city. So if you choose to do any sort of plant growing in that small apartment it amounts to some droopy looking philodendron plant hanging high in the window looking pretty sad. Nothing too eventful, I would think, until now.
After the first few days of watering my seed filled jar I eventually saw some alfalfa actually growing which I instantly took pride in, those who didn't I would of coarse belittle their farming skills knowing full well I did the exact same thing they did. Even so when someone else would brag about their  blooming alfalfa it's not easy to not feel a little jealous. These two weeks in which we grew this plant has taught me a few things. One being that it is kind of fun to grow your own food, there is a certain pride knowing you're giving life to something and that someone else somewhere isn't. In turn this knowledge has made me rethink on how I think on my own opinions, I was quick to judge my mother's poor looking plants and I couldn't comprehend that anyone could take joy in watering it. But most importantly probably is that if I took pride in my planting skills and I know people who grew better alfalfa than I definitly took pride in their planting skills, so why isn't this happening more often? Why must agriculture be on such a large scale? Why do we have companies oppress so many farmers for this necessity when it's fairly easy and fun to do it on a small scale? If America was to change foodways as such wouldn't people be more knowledgeable, more happy and more healthy? I think so and I think that when I am to be older I would like to grow my own food for just those reasons.