Organic Farming Alternatives

Abstract

First, I should say that I agree with everybody else, that there are no silver bullets out there. What it really boils down to is that we have to change our mindset about how we market things. I teach in the Sustainable Farming Program at Central Carolina Community College, and we tell people there all the time that, as farmers, they are going to spend at least 50% of their time marketing, because it's not just about farming anymore. Farmers have to spend time on the phone selling their product. So I'm going to talk about organic farming alternatives here. Some of the other speakers here today have touched on this issue, but I want to emphasize it.