Top 10 Annoying Words About Agriculture by "The Foodie Farmer"

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16. I generally agree.

I think, however, that farmers are feeling all of what you describe, and are tired of being painted as the bad guys. The whole "organic" vs. "other" issue is pure marketing, for the most part. Organic pesticides are not necessarily and safer, and they're much less regulated, for example. I spent a good deal of time visiting egg farms of various marketing types a decade ago, and I was shocked by what I saw. In general, the animals were given a great deal of space, and space and treatment really didn't vary among "organic," "non-organic," and "free-range" farms.