From Cindy Bonnet, Lena
Whoever said that industrial-sized dairy farms will not hurt independent family farms had better think again.
Recently, a local dairy owned by a California investor paid over two and a half times the going rental rate (from the USDA Sept. report) to obtain land near their 1,000 plus cow facility. This industrial facility's need to obtain enough acreage to dispose of their manure has taken land away from an independent family farmer that has rented it for decades.
Farms that your friends and neighbors have lived on for generations can't compete with subsidized corporations. Please support our local independent family farms. In return, they will greatly benefit our rural communities by keeping their profits local.
Whoever said that industrial-sized dairy farms will not hurt independent family farms had better think again.
Recently, a local dairy owned by a California investor paid over two and a half times the going rental rate (from the USDA Sept. report) to obtain land near their 1,000 plus cow facility. This industrial facility's need to obtain enough acreage to dispose of their manure has taken land away from an independent family farmer that has rented it for decades.
Farms that your friends and neighbors have lived on for generations can't compete with subsidized corporations. Please support our local independent family farms. In return, they will greatly benefit our rural communities by keeping their profits local.
