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  • From: "Hook Family" <guldann AT ix.netcom.com>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Profitable organics
  • Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 12:26:04 -0500

Liz wrote below message
Liz, I was thinking on the lines of the same thing increased sales does not
indicate increased PROFIT. I still worry about the farmer and this new
"organics" How soon till big corporations are subletting to small farmer who
then make almost nothing. I have read this happens with pork etc. I hope
all small organic farmers are smart enough not to fall for it. Beth



> > And, for those who think farming can't be
> > profitable...
> > Horizon Organic hits 22 percent sales increase for
> > quarter...
>
> Technically, this proves the corporation is profitable, not their
suppliers
> ("the farmer"). (That's not to say farming isn't profitable, but this
> doesn't prove it.)







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