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In reply to the discussion: "Organic" Farming and the True Cost of Food-A Small Farmers Perspective [View all]BronxBoy
(2,286 posts).....I got your willful ignorance the first time around.
I deal with hundreds of farmers not one and the vast majority set their pricing at very affordable levels. And way to miss one of the major points of my post; that the vast majority of organic and sustainable recognize that growing and selling affordable food is part of our mission.
Glad you can base your worldview on one anecdotal case. Take a look at the work Will Allen is doing with Growing Power, an operation that growing affordable food while also providing jobs in many urban centers. Or Google Truly Living Well Farms in Atlanta or the Backyard Gardeners Network in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. I glad these and many other farmers that I know decide not to adopt your defeatist attitude and instead are working to achieve many of the objectives you claim aren't being met. Are things where everyone would like them to be? Of course not. But I'll cast my lot with the folks who roll up their sleeves and say this is a solvable issue
I'm encouraged that so many people on this thread can acknowledge that there is work to do and can appreciate the work a lot of small farmers are doing to address issues of food security.
And what the fuck is an "eco-farmer"? All of the farmers that I know, organic or otherwise refer to themselves as farmers. Given your necessity to bring up Kobe beef, I'm guessing it's just a weak attempt at snark and a pretty pathetic excuse to smear an movement you obviously know little about