Re: organic farming, land ownershiip,labor: transgenic drug production.

2001-06-01 Thread Michael Perelman
Ken, you are correct that much of the organic movement has to do with small farm populism. I know of no stereotypical small farmer. Some are left populist; some, right populist; some, hippy ... Small farmers, in general, tend to be worse for labor, partially since so many have their backs to th

organic farming, land ownershiip, labor: transgenic drug production.

2001-06-01 Thread Ken Hanly
I am no expert on organic farming but I have read some critiques of industrial type farming by those supporting organic farming. I see little in those critiques that deal with the question of public versus private land ownership. And there is zilch about social ownership of the producers of inputs