Shame on you for saying, "your vision of "organic" agriculture is social
and
political, not biological." If anyone is trying to turn organic (notice-
no
quotes) agriculture into a social, political, or even economic issue,
it's not
farmers and especially not organic farmers.
Please to note that we are the ones who have preserved the real form of
traditional agriculture through the past 60 years or so. Now that it's
popular,
all the money -hungry yobs want to get a piece of the action and want to
define
organic as a marketing ploy.
It's all about land stewardship, long term management decisions and
rebuilding
our soil base. Not how many bushels or dollars per acre. As I've said
earlier
and as Greg said in a recent post, "Besides, if the goal was to get rich
wouldn't we do something besides farming anyhow?"
Those practicing agriculture do it out of love for the work and because
they
have a special connection and intimacy with the land, plants and
animals, which
is hard for those without the calling find hard to understand. Those who
practice agribusiness do it for very different reasons, the main one
being the
acquisition of money wealth.
And I'll take that $4/hour. It'll be twice what I make now working 80
hours/week, 9 months/year.
Alex
Poor in the bank, rich in the soul.
"Wilson, Dale" wrote:
> Greg,
>
> > Just to let everyone know, I strongly believe the same way as
> > Gene Logsdon on organic production. The standards should be
> > so strong that none of the big companies ever want to join in
> > organic production.
>
> That's an interesting and revealing position. The bottom line in your
> vision of "organic" agriculture is social and political, not
biological.
>
> IMO, trying to keep the aggressive entrepreneurs out of the game will
be
> counterproductive. If there is money to be made in this business,
> entrepreneurs, small, and maybe large, will be interested. The real
meaning
> of what you are saying is that you want to make the standards
restrictive
> and contrived enough to keep real wages of organic farmers at about
four
> dollars an hour.
>
> Dale
>
>
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