Recession Touches Organic Dairy Farming
Excellent video of organic dairy farm in Vermont with Brent and Regina Beidler discussing the current economic challenges they face that have already driven some out of business. The one element that the reporter missed in covering this issue is a tremendous quantity of milk being produced by factory farms owned by Aurora, horizon and others. Making up an estimated 30-40% of the market these corporations have used this oversupply to force prices down and met his squeezing some family farmers Jan the breaking point
