Market Farming

["Dori Green" <dorigreen00 AT hotmail.com>]

In response to the 20/20 fearmongering piece, somebody on the list wrote:  
"Sex sells better, but they could  hardly put a sexual slant on organic 
farming."

I apologize for not capturing the identity of the author.  Still working on 
my reading-the-list-with-notepad-open system.

Can anything be sexier than the dance of life in organic farming?  The Green 
Man and the White Lady are alive and well and very happy in my fields and 
forests, thank you!  (So is Jesus, just in case anybody wonders.) <G>

Maybe that's what the chemical companies are afraid of -- if we organic 
farmers ever figured out how to connect our product to the sexual energy 
inherent in it, nothing will stop us!

But then if we mention that testosterone levels in male humans have dropped 
50% during the 50 years that chemical pesticides and fertilizers have been 
in vogue, then we're accused of fearmongering.

For me, organic gardening and farming is very sexy.  Most of the "organic 
folks" I know are also resonating at a more life-ful and passionate level 
than most of the members of the Great Status Quo of society.

So how can we communicate this sexiness in a tasteful and family-oriented 
way?  I'll bet it'd be an awesome marketing tool!

Thank you, John Stossel, for moving my thinking in that direction!

Dori Green
Ash Grove Community Farm
Corning, NY

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