"Organic" Farming and the True Cost of Food-A Small Farmers Perspective

[niyad]

24. k and r for this most excellent post. I find that, whenever there is a positive OP or post about

organic, sustainable, local food movements, I can count almost to the second when the pro-corporate types chime in.

During the summer in our very short growing season, I am fortunate to have a farmers' market very close to me, and will only purchase veggies and things from them, knowing that what I purchase there is part of the movement, whether or not they have the organic label (some simply will not jump through those hoops, and I don't blame them) Alas, the rest of the time, I have to rely on the supermarket, which is at least appearing to do a lot with local producers. wish I had my own greenhouse!

thank you for all you, and others like you, are doing to get our food back to being actual food, and a viable and absolutely necessary part of the community.