After the publication of Rice, even fewer people associate Yang with discussions of farming issues. They focus almost exclusively on his unusual personal qualities or, as if in a return to 2004, on whether his tactics are too extreme and hence negative in their overall effect.
尤其在《白米》出版後，人們更鮮少將楊儒門與農業議題掛勾，幾乎全是關注其個人特質的難能可貴，或者（彷彿回到 2004 年）認為其手段過激，對社會恐有負面示範。