the proportions of this year's farm crisis are dramatic. In Nebraska,
bankers are estimating that 25% of their farm customers will go out of
business this year. This is another huge loss from rural communities,
another turn of the wheel toward corporate ownership and large-scale
consolidation of the food system. What are we doing about it? Where is
sustainable ag's response?
In my job, things are business as usual. We (in ag research) have the luxury
of farming without having to show a profit. There is little sense of
urgency. Now is the time when Monsanto and ADM and Cargill are reaping the
profits generated by those who are losing their farms. So what are we going
to do about it besides sympathizing with those losing all they've worked for?
Jane Sooby
University of Nebraska-Lincoln alternative crops research technician
Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society western organizer
High Plains Ag Lab
3257 Rd. 109
Sidney, NE 69162
308-254-3918
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