Organic Farmer Testimonies to the House Agriculture Committee

Organic Farmers Action Network

Farmer Testimonies submitted for
April 2007 House Hearing on Organic Agriculture

On April 18, 2007, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture held a public hearing on the economic impacts of production, processing, and marketing of organic agricultural products. Members of the public were allowed to submit written testimony until April 28. Through our Organic Farmers Action Network (OFAN) email list, we let you know about this opportunity, and several OFAN members submitted testimony. Their testimonies will be posted on the House Agriculture Committee’s website by the end of June, 2007. Download and read their testimonies below. All testimonies are being posted with full permission from the writers.

Atina Diffley, organic farmer from Minnesota
Tim P. Miller, organic farmer from Texas
Brenda A. Butterfield, organic farmer from New Hampshire
Dan Kelly, organic farmer from Missouri
David S. Conner, former organic farmer and university researcher from Michigan

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