S1E5. Soft Markets: Organic Doesn’t Scale

Conventional grain farms raise thousands of acres of crops and ship harvests to the elevator by the semitruck load. Can organic markets handle the harvest from a farm at scale? Agricultural commodity prices fluctuate up and down every few years. How can farmers hope to rely on the organic premium being there when they need it? Separate the wheat from the chaff and myth from reality with this episode's guests: Will Glazik, organic farmer Aaron Butler, organic farmer Ben Bowell, Oregon Tilth/NRCS Ryan Koory, Mercaris Tell us what you think about the podcast by taking this short survey. Join our email list for periodic updates about OATS such as upcoming events, new podcast episodes, and articles on timely topics in the organic grain industry. A huge thank you to our sponsors: General Mills Clif Bar Stonyfield King Arthur Baking Co. Organic Valley and our fiscal sponsor, Organic Trade Association Music from Blue Dot Sessions, Epidemic Sound, Soundstripe, and Free Music Archive. Sound Effects from zapsplat.com .

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S1E5. Soft Markets: Organic Doesn’t Scale is an episode from The Dirt on Organic Farming by Organic Agronomy Training Service (OATS).

This episode is 48:17 long.

This episode was published on Jul 27, 2021.

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