One way to get Big Agriculture to clean up its act

[BronxBoy]

8. Thanks for posting this article.

I probably almost never agree with some of the things you post but this is spot on. As a small farmer and someone who works heavily in the sustainable agriculture arena. I actually sit on one of the regional boards cited in the article), I can definitely say that there is definitely more discussion between all parties in the ag community about dealing with this issue. The problem with some sustainable ag folks is that we can see the problems but in many cases don't present solutions to work with conventional ag folks to solve what everyone thinks are problems.

In the Southeast for example, cover cropping is not being widely implemented because most of the traditional cover crops which have shown to have value in cropping systems simply don't work in most of the south because of our heat and humidity. Most of the cover crop studies to date were conducted in the midwest and Northeast.

A 7 state cover crop study focused specifically on identifying varieties that will perform well in the south has been completed and there will be a large conference and field trial demonstrations in North Carolina this summer. And there has been a LOT of interest from all sectors of ag.

Thanks