Piggybacking on yesterday's longread about changes in agriculture, this article examines a move toward smaller farms that produce almost exclusively for local markets. While this type of small-scale agriculture offers a lot of promise, it also runs into a number of challenges such as competing with large-scale producers who churn out fruits and vegetables at cut-rate prices. While this approach is not yet ready to take over our food production system, I think it offers an exciting glimpse into what some alternatives might look like.
"Small Farmers Creating a New Business Model as Agriculture Goes Local" by Kirk Johnson
Published in the New York Times, July 1, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/us/small-scale-farmers-creating-a-new-profit-model.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0
Eric
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