I completely agree with that. There are certainly many ways of getting coin now with the minter that still get overlooked; perhaps the best part of the current ways of getting coin with the minter is that with farming it no longer has to heavily involve mining or some other type of block-breaking – it can be a lot more passive which could be quite good for people who enjoy different ways of doing things.
Personally most of mine still comes from mining, but I could easily shift my focus onto farming sources for minting, personally I simply find that option too boring.
Also related to your own comment, posted this on another thread recently, for those who may be interested but that may have missed it. 
Edit: And I’ll stop hijacking a crops thread with economy talk now. 