Have a voice.

[jazz]

How are we the most environmentally sounds farmers in the world. There are 1 billion peasant farmers in India and China still using oxen and no chemicals or fertilizers.

Are we really saying our carbon footprint is lower than that?

[westernvicki]

If you read the study, which obviously you did not, you will see that they compare our competitors in the global market.

[westernvicki]

The customer is always right of course. I think we're all concerned about governments defining parameters.

Ingredient buyers determine their preference; this is the target market.

Claiming this territory indeed helps farmers to define THEIR parameters.

[westernvicki]

If producers could succeed in being the ones who define the parameters..

I have my doubts that that is how it plays out in the real world.

We have never claimed a voice and so we get the parameters defined for us.