(p)opulism

martin schiller mschiller at mac.com
Tue Dec 26 08:01:35 PST 2000


Doug Henwood said on 12/25/00 7:18 P


>Farmers who personally sell at farmer's markets don't represent what
>U.S. agriculture is all about. It's about big farms & very big
>companies.
>

Your comment was about small farmers who were trying to hang on to family farms.


>J Cullen wrote:
>
>>small farmers who are struggling to stay on the land
>
>Who vote Republican, rail against Washington, and live on federal
>farm subsidies, right?

I merely suggested that farmers markets might be good places to find niche players who represented that class (small farmers) who might not conform to your representation.



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