Jim Goodman: Corporate Agribusiness Divides Farmers
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
The Capital Times
Jim Goodman, farmer and Food and Society Fellows Program fellow
Why is conventional agriculture so wound up? Are they afraid of organic agriculture? What's all the fuss about? After all, a recent study by the Lieberman Research Group showed that organic food sales account for only 3.5 percent of all food product sales in the U.S.
A column in the September 2009 Prairie Farmer leads me to believe that the author, a spokesperson for conventional agriculture, dislikes and even fears organic farming and its supporters.
The author admits to feeling self-satisfaction in knowing that organic farmers are suffering in a down economy. I doubt many people share her sentiments. Farmers generally have the attitude that "we are all in this together," no matter what farming practices we use.










