Agchat session 2/23/2010

Question 1:

What keeps you awake at night (meaning what’s your biggest fear/worry)?

Question 2:

What gov regs & permits do you have to deal with & how time consuming is it?

Question 3:

Why don’t more farms market their product through local grocery stores?

Question 4:

When I buy produce at the store, how do I know what is the best quality?

Question 5:

How do you determine how much pesticide/herbicide/fertilizer to use?

Question 6:

How do farmers, themselves, feel about Monsanto?

Question 7:

Where do you recommend a person go to find info on GMOs & other emerging tech?

Question 8:

As a farmer/rancher, is the science on GMOs ‘settled’ in your minds?

Question 9:

How does the certification process ensure that organic products are organic?

Question 10:

As a farmer/rancher, what one thing would you change in the current food system?

Question 11:

What are farmers doing by means of change to stay economically viable?

Question 12:

As a farmer/rancher, what do you consider to be unacceptable practices?

Thanks to Truffle Media for archiving this
week’s chat