Saving the Family Farm
Written by admin on March 6, 2010 – 2:25 am -Dan Looker, Successful Farming magazine Business Editor Politicians from rural states often extol the virtues of the family farm. But what is it? And what can be done to save what sometimes seems like another endangered species? Chuck Hassebrook, the executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs laid out a five-step plan for doing both when he delivered a keynote speech Friday at the MOSES conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin. MOSES, or Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service, drew some 2,800 farmers and supporters of organic agriculture to its annual meeting to hear Hassebrook and attend 60 workshops on February 25 through February 27. Hassebrook, who grew up on a hog and grain farm near Platte Center, Nebraska, said his nonprofit... more
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