Organic farmers are looking for better representation in the next farm bill.
Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) executive director Lori Stern says organic farmers seem to be in the minority compared to conventional crop and livestock producers.
“In the past, it’s just not been very front and center. It’s a smaller staff at the USDA that works on organic farming, and across the USDA programs farmers interact with. But I’m really hopeful that there are some conversations that are happening that I think will be fairly impactful.”
Speaking to Brownfield at the MOSES Organic Farming Conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin, she says the pandemic has exposed a fragile domestic food system that would benefit by having more small meat processors.
