When you consider that they have done this almost wholly on their
own, with the virtual absence of institutional
research/extension/marketing support (to put it in cordial terms),
their achievement is nothing short of extraordinary.
For too long, mainstream thinkers have taken comfort from the thought
that the few organic producers who "made it big" and actually became
commercially profitable were just an aberration. A few oddballs that
got lucky. The increasing number of producers who attain this status
threatens the logic of this kind of reasoning. I would suggest that
the undeniable success of organic farming today (which granted, is
still a tiny fraction of the total, and which granted, includes a
large fraction of very small farms) is the actual reason for the
adverse, Averyesque attention which seems to be cropping up with
increasing frequency in the media.
Don't be surprised by it. Be ready for it. And congratulations on a
job well done! Ann
ACLARK@plant.uoguelph.ca
Dr. E. Ann Clark
Associate Professor
Crop Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
FAX: 519 763-8933
http://www.oac.uoguelph.ca/www/CRSC/faculty/eac.htm
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