A future for the middling farmer
As the industry digests the Food Harvest 2020 report, and prepares for changes in EU agricultural policy after 2013, a route midway between organic and industrial scale farming is being promoted as a sustainable competitiveness way for Ireland.
Experts from University College Dublin recently explained how this route can be profitable for farmers, providing what consumers want, environmentally OK, able to cope with predicted climate change, and energy efficient.
