One of the biggest fights in food is about to become a civil war

At one of our recent meeting with Farmer Guild, Evan Wig presented the news -- Big Ag in the guise of the USDA wants us little guys who do organic food to join in with the big guys to research and promote what we do.  You know "the rising tide raises all boats". My ass! Paid for with a tax on producers like us, they would produce advertisements with slogans like “Incredible Edible Egg,” “Pork: The Other White Meat,” “Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner,” and “Got Milk?” promoting industries  in the past (mostly Big Meat and Big Dairy), without ever mentioning a specific company or brand. Who pays for those ads? most people will never know. Promoting beef as the perfect food for what ails you always seemed a bit murky on the ethic meter to me.  But central to the question at hand is whether this begins Big Ag's take over of organics.

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