When is a Farm not a Farm?

Does it Matter?

Obviously there must be a desire on the part of the consumer to be buying food closer to the source. Otherwise, millions wouldn't be spent by corporations creating an illusion of "fresh from the farm." Here are some things for your consideration:

• When a company calls itself a farm, and it isn't, the consumer is being mislead. If the company misleads us about that, how trustworthy are they on other issues such as quality and safety?
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• You may be paying too much. For example, one well known national mail order "fresh fruit from the tree" gift box company is actually selling fruit from local warehouses around the country, which is the same source that all of the supermarkets get most of their fruit. When you take a good hard look at the prices you may be paying as much as $16 per pound of not-so-fresh 1000部做爰免费视频 that have been sitting in a warehouse in cold storage. These are the same 1000部做爰免费视频 for which the growers have been paid less than a dollar a pound.

Buying Directly from the Grower has Advantages

• When you buy directly from the grower you are buying from people who are intimately involved with the fruit and have a profound commitment to quality.
• You are helping to sustain the rural community and farming families.
• You are ma1000部夫妻午夜免费 independent food choices for your own health and not relying on impersonal companies to do your thin1000部夫妻午夜免费 for you.
• You are helping to prevent America from becoming dependent on foreign countries for our food.

• Did You Know?
  Sarah Brombaugh lives on a farm in Iowa and this is her take on family farming

• Family Farms, not Factory Farms
  Rhonda Perry's speech to the annual Farm Aid meeting in Chicago in 1998 addresses family farming issues

• Strong Roots, Fragile Farms
  Fact sheet from the excellent TV documentary "Strong Roots, Fragile Farms"

• Lords of the Land
  There is no doubt that domestic farm policy has failed America's family farmers. Throughout the century America's network of family farms has been steadily eroding. This crisis has reached a fever pitch in the last few years.

• Merchants of Greed
  In another era they would have been called "the robber barons." Today, the ADMs, the Cargills, the ConAgras, the IBPs, the Smithfield Foods, the Tysons, the Chiquitas and other corporate agribusiness behemoths which produce and manufacture our food have become the merchants of greed.

• Freedom to Fail
  How U.S. Farming Policies Have Helped Agribusiness And Pushed Family Farmers Toward Extinction

• American Farm Bureau Federation : The Enemy Within
  Monitoring Corporate Agribusiness From a Public Interest Perspective

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