Organic farmers weigh in on 2007 farm bill debate
Dan Looker
Successful Farming magazine Business Editor
Organic farmers have traditionally been an independent, apolitlical group. This year that could change.
When more than 2,000 organic farmers and would-be organic farmers met in La Crosse, Wisconsin, last Thursday through Saturday, their leaders were asking them to write members of Congress and to leave their names and contact information in “Farm Bill Action Buckets” at the convention center. The farmers were in town for the annual Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference.
“I want to make it really clear. The transition to organic farming is challenging,” said Faye Jones, Executive Director of the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service, or MOSES.