The bill offers farmers as much as $20,000 a year to cover the cost of converting their farms to organic agriculture. For organic farmers, controlling weeds often means keeping rows cultivated — which can be hard to do when the fields are too soggy for a tractor — or torching the weeds with a propane burner. At one point this summer, Albers hired 30 people to cut weeds. "If you're just in it for the money, you're probably not going to survive," he said. "It's a lot more work."There are actually a number of incentives in this bill to promote organic farming or at least get those interested started. Provisions that offset the costs of doing so.
The key though is in the last sentence where this it states "it's a lot more work". That alone is enough to shy farmers away from this. You have to actually perform manual weed removal at times and it's been years since that's been done. I've done it a bunch and it is very demanding. Nobody wants to do this anymore not when you can get the job done with chemicals.
It ain't gonna happen until the survivors have to grow their own food.
ReplyDeleteNo shit Cisco!
ReplyDeleteOrganic farming isn't easy. It requires a lot more work and attention than most realize. Companion planting helps a lot but yield is usually a lot lower when all is said and done. Any way you look at it people better start learning how to feed themselves. I am extremely qualified for that. Take Care!
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