>the following question
>seems to distill the challenge faced by organic agriculture:
>
> In terms of its ability to restore the land, the farm family,
> and rural vitality, is a $4 box of 'organic' corn flakes (for
> which the farmer receives 4 cents for the corn) any different
> than a $3 box of conventional corn flakes (for which the farmer
> receives 3 cents for the corn) ...??
Seems to me (IMHO), the farmer ought to make his own corn flake and sell them
farm-direct to consumers for $4 a box, thereby pocketing $4 instead of 4
cents.
Michael Hofferber
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