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

[BronxBoy]

27. Yes.

One of the things that irks me to no end is when people dismiss the organic and sustainable food movements by saying "Organics will never feed the world"

We can argue for hours about that but here's the thing. No one I know who believes as I do is saying that we can feed the world. We're just saying that a prudent worldview says that there should be a mix of production practices with an aim towards increasing local production. This is no different than the argument that we should invest in alternative technologies to reduce and mitigate our reliance on fossil fuels.

As far as extended year round production, the USDA is looking at ways to address that issue and actually have some pretty cool programs in place. But unfortunately, many of these programs are developed with a "commodity" type farmer in mind and are often not accessible to many farmers