"More important for agriculture is our failure to recognize that farms are not factories and that the effort to impose these principles on farms has created an agriculture that is headed for collapse. These principles create huge monocultures that have numerous adverse effects. They make farmers vulnerable to the economic fortunes of a very narrow band of commodities. Farmers who have specialized in the production of hogs or wheat, for example, are currently being forced out of business due to the record low prices of these commodities. Farmers who have diversified farms, on the other hand, have also diversified their risks." (Fred Kirschenmann)
from the cooking up a story channel.
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