Organic Food Funds Go Up…But Not By Much
The United States House of Representatives has added a boost for organic produce to its 2007 Agriculture Appropriations Bill, according to this post at Blog for Rural America. Formerly, the bill provided $1.8 million to help farmers make the transition to an organic model.
Now, the bill sets aside $5 million for the research. This is great, but the bill also sets aside billions of dollars for conventional agriculture. Given the interest in organic agriculture, not to mention the environmental benefits, this seems like a token funding bump.
But Wal-Mart’s move to include more organics will provide its own form of income, even if it’s unlikely that farmers will see much of the money that Wal-Mart invests.
