Working together has always proven to be the most successful way of achieving goals. Service to a greater cause other than yourself has proven to be the most effective and rewarding service. When people work as a team, they win as a team. The centralization did a lot for the farmers but because they put greed over need, they began to fail.
They will soon realize within a short period of time how much they have lost as a result of their greed and the downfall of the centralization. The way you narrated the story was really sweet @artemislives.