It’s a long read, but well worth it: Full Story Here.

We’re regularly told that bigger is better and that, if you’re a farmer (which I’m not), you have to use a witches brew of toxins and poisons.

The reality is that this has been a view foisted on us for about 50 years of industrialization of food production, or as long as tap of a drum in the song of human existence. Before farms were excessively commercialized, we managed quite well without pesticides, herbicides, hormones and other products that neutralized the effects of over-crowded barns and crop production.

As more folks discover that small and organic is OK, I think we’ll all be a little better off. The challenge will be ensuring that more producers have immediate access to consumers, rather than having to rely on large retailers that create very intentional bottlenecks between the two.