Anybody keep tabs on organic transition acres

Greg & Lei Gunthorp (hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:39:10 -0500

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There sure has been a lot of publicity in the traditional farm papers =
lately about organic
being looked at seriously by "conventional" farmers. The Farm Bureau =
News even had a=20
page long article about the economic advantage organic farmers have in =
their last issue.
Is the demand for organic food going to keep pace with increased =
supplies? Or is the potential increase in supply over hyped?=20
What keeps the organic industry from ending up in the same =
capitalistic, consolidated shape as
the conventional agriculture industry?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts,
Greg=20
Gunthorp's Pasture-ized Pork
LaGrange, Indiana (a stones throw from Ohio & Michigan)
hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com
visit our farm at www.grassfarmer.com

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  There sure has been a lot of = publicity in=20 the traditional farm papers lately about organic
being looked at seriously by=20 "conventional" farmers.  The Farm Bureau News even had a=20
page long = article about the=20 economic advantage organic farmers have in their last = issue.
  Is the demand for organic = food going to=20 keep pace with increased supplies?  Or is the potential increase=20 in supply over hyped? 
  What keeps the organic industry from ending = up in the=20 same capitalistic, consolidated shape as
the conventional agriculture industry?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts,
Greg
Gunthorp's Pasture-ized Pork
LaGrange, = Indiana  (a=20 stones throw from Ohio & Michigan)
hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com
visi= t our=20 farm at www.grassfarmer.com
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