“Pay the farmer now or pay pharma later” is a food saying that has been printed on many images. That is, eat healthy now, or get sick and pay for big pharma medicines later.
     
“The organic farmer now or the big pharma later http://beyondorganicinfo.com” was posted on Twitter by Mike Melvin on January 30, 2012. “Pay the farmer now or pay pharma later http://fb.me/3nxRI2GpM” was posted on Twitter by AGM on November 4, 2015. “Pay the #Farmer Now OR Pay #Pharma Later (which last also own most #GMO and fast food/prepared meals companies)” was posted on Twitter by Human Culture on April 21, 2016. “Pay the FARMER now or pay the PHARMA later… #HealthyEating #HealthyLiving #FoodForThought #HealthTip” (also shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Healthy Places on April 28, 2016.
 
Related sayings include “Let’s pay the farmer, not the pharmacist,” “Pay the farmer or pay the doctor” and “We pay the doctor to make us better. But we should pay the farmer to keep us healthy.”
   
       
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Mike Melvin
@MikeMelvin
The organic farmer now or the big pharma later http://beyondorganicinfo.com
4:05 PM · Jan 30, 2012·Twitter Web Client
   
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AGM
@MollaAG
Pay the farmer now or pay pharma later http://fb.me/3nxRI2GpM
8:53 AM · Nov 4, 2015·Facebook
   
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Human Culture
@Human_Culture_C
Pay the #Farmer Now OR Pay #Pharma Later (which last also own most #GMO and fast food/prepared meals companies) http://fb.me/10QqzfQGa
1:33 PM · Apr 21, 2016·Facebook
   
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Ætherna Guild
@AEtherNa_Guild
Pay the #Farmer Now OR Pay #Pharma Later (which last also own most #GMO and fast food/prepared meals companies) http://fb.me/66h9cQk2V
1:33 PM · Apr 21, 2016·Facebook
   
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Healthy Places
@healthy_places
Pay the FARMER now or pay the PHARMA later… #HealthyEating #HealthyLiving #FoodForThought #HealthTip
(The saying is also shown on an image.—ed.)
4:09 PM · Apr 28, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Mohinder Verma
@MohinderVerma11
Pay the Farmer now or pay the Pharma later # reasonable cost for nutritional veg#return of hardwork to farmer+Health
(The saying is also shown on an image.—ed.)
9:45 PM · May 15, 2016·Twitter for Android
   
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Rebecca Ingersoll
@JPGardenHealth
Paying the farmer now is way less than paying Pharma later.
(The saying is also shown on an image.—ed.)
4:11 PM · Jun 4, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Kungu Poultry Farm
@kungufarm
Pay the farmer now or pharma later #Agriculture #agribusiness #FoodForLife
(The saying is also shown on an image.—ed.)
12:16 PM · Jun 6, 2016·Twitter for Android
 
Google Books
Health, Wellness & Longevity:
Handbook
By Steve Dimon
Los Angeles, CA: Hauser Publishing
2016
Pg. ?:
Pay the farmer now or pay big pharma later.
   
Facebook
Paleo Perth
August 21, 2016 at 11:47 PM ·
Pay the Farmer now, or pay Pharma later!
(This is also shown on memes.—ed.)
 
Twitter
Complete Farmer
@CompleteFarmer
Pay the #Farmer now or pay the #pharma later? 😌 Choose wisely⁣⁣⁣⁣
#Accra
#Ghana
#Health
#FreshFood
#HealthFoods
8:00 AM · Jan 28, 2019·Hootsuite Inc.
 
New Telegraph (Nigeria)
Pawpaw, Effective Natural Therapy To Manage Impotence
Posted on July 2, 2020 Author Adodo A
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As it is often said, pay the farmer now or pay big Pharma later on. In other words, if you don’t spend your hard-earned money on eating good and natural food now, you will spend it on expensive pharmaceutical drugs later.
 
Twitter
Goddiss Moon🌙
@moongoddiss
If you don’t pay the farmer now 👩🏾‍🌾
You’ll have to pay the pharma later 🥴💊
12:53 PM · Aug 24, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
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The Never Diet
@ZsoltNagy7
Pay for the farmer now
or you will pay for Pharma later
#nutrition #nutritwitter #dieting #diet
2:49 PM · Nov 5, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
MJ
@MarJeanSolo
Replying to @PenajaAgain and @thechiccodes
Yeah, but how many meals will that yield? Plus when it comes to your health, you either pay the farmer (now), or pay the pharma (later).
6:37 PM · Oct 13, 2022·Twitter for iPhone