06.26.09
Slowdown in organics
Published on Friday, June 26, 2009 by The Associated Press
Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers
by Rick Callahan
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/06/26-4
Westby, Wisc. – The organic dairy industry was thriving when Allen and Jean Moody bought a 200-acre Wisconsin dairy farm in 2006 and joined the ranks of farmers churning out milk raised without growth hormones, pesticides or other chemicals.
In this photo taken Tuesday, June 9, 2009, organic farmer Allen Moody is seen on his farm in Westby, Wis. A growing number of farmers who went all-natural in the years when organic food sales were growing at a double-digit pace are giving up their organic certifications. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)Three years later, the good days are gone and the Moodys aren’t alone in wanting out.