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- From: KAKerby AT aol.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [Market-farming] odd request for the list
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:20:00 -0500 (EST)
I was recently contacted by someone who had written an article about
organic farming, and he wanted my "take" on it. I wasn't sure what to
expect, nor why he would ask my opinion (or even how he found me). But I
said sure, I'll read it. You can read his article here.
When I did read it, I was rather irritated with the article - its premise,
its arguments and its conclusion all smacked of a profound lack of understanding
about organic farming and what the issues are. I wrote back what I thought
was a very gentle reply, encouraging this individual to "dig a little deeper" if
he wanted to write about organic agriculture issues in any sort of competent and
significant way. His reply to that was "thanks anyway". It felt
like a lost opportunity to educate one more person on the issues faced by
growers and livestock producers, whether organic or not. On the other hand
I wondered if I was making a big deal out of nothing. He's not a policy
maker, he's not even in the ag industry. Just some guy who wanted to write
about organic farming. But the whole experience gave me a sour "missed
opportunities" feeling.
I guess I'd be curious what y'all think of his article, and if I over-reacted. I'd also be curious if anyone on the list has successfully "educated" someone who expressed a general interest in the topic, but came into it with what IMHO amounted to a junior high school level of knowledge about the subject matter. I think education is so important if we are to protect and promote the work that we do. I shudder to think this article really represents what the public thinks of our efforts (and our intelligence). Or maybe I'm just over-reacting. Kathryn Kerby frogchorusfarm.com
Snohomish, WA
Ruminations - essays on the farming life at
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[Market-farming] odd request for the list,
KAKerby, 03/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] odd request for the list, Road's End Farm, 03/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] odd request for the list, Thamnophis, 03/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] odd request for the list,
clearviewfarm, 03/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] odd request for the list, Todd Lister, 03/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] odd request for the list, clearviewfarm, 03/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] odd request for the list, pmottshaw, 03/06/2011
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