Market Farming

[Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>]

I would argue that, fortunately, the world of farming is not so polarized.

I personally want the best of both worlds...a superior product with as much profit as possible.  :)

I would also like to point out that few farms are actually corporate owned, even the large scale ones, and that regardless of what we argue here, they DO indeed provide a product that is in demand by the population at large.  Not every farm in the United States has access to markets to sell to markets in dense population areas with higher amounts of disposable income.

In my tours of farms and farmers markets I have met small farmers that produce crap and are greedy and huge multi-thousand acre farms that produce an excellent product running a multi-million dollar farm at nearly a minimum wage and love, as only a farmer could, growing grain and beans.

Richard Stewart

Carriage House Farm

North Bend, Ohio

An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855

(513) 967-1106

http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com

rstewart AT zoomtown.com

On Jan 18, 2011, at 7:29 AM, waldenfarm wrote:

Maybe the bone of contention here is who you define as a "farmer." I think there are 2 sectors of food production in this country: farmers and the corporate food producer/processor complex. One strives to produce a superior product, the other to make as much profit as possible.

 

Alex McGregor

Walden Farm

SE TN