http://www.northescambia.com/2008/11/farm-city-week-recognizes-importance-of-agriculture Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2008/11/farm-city-week-recognizes-importance-of-agriculture/comment-page-1#comment-3834 Darryl Hall Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:52:36 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=5200#comment-3834 Not sure how the current farmers in the area are doing. I know prices shot up on the old traditional row crops a while back, but I still don't know how you make it with the price of equipment, seed, fertilizer, etc. I read recently that the Ag Dept is actually looking to change the public policy toward farming from quantity to a quality slant, which would be great. NC has a large hog and chicken farm operation and when you read how those "farms" operate (the term farm probably shouldn't be used with these factories) it makes you reconsider where you buy your pork and chicken. I think the future will be a balance of the traditional farming as developed in the 60's till now and what we today term organic farms for locally sourced vegetable, fruit and meat. Funny thing is "organic" farms seem more like true farms than the current operatons. I'd also suggest anyone wishing to look at the production of food in the country from a different angle read Michael Pollen's book "Omnivore's Dilemma". Not sure how the current farmers in the area are doing. I know prices shot up on the old traditional row crops a while back, but I still don’t know how you make it with the price of equipment, seed, fertilizer, etc. I read recently that the Ag Dept is actually looking to change the public policy toward farming from quantity to a quality slant, which would be great. NC has a large hog and chicken farm operation and when you read how those “farms” operate (the term farm probably shouldn’t be used with these factories) it makes you reconsider where you buy your pork and chicken. I think the future will be a balance of the traditional farming as developed in the 60’s till now and what we today term organic farms for locally sourced vegetable, fruit and meat. Funny thing is “organic” farms seem more like true farms than the current operatons. I’d also suggest anyone wishing to look at the production of food in the country from a different angle read Michael Pollen’s book “Omnivore’s Dilemma”.

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