Title: Organic Farming Reaps Rewards
Summary:
On Nov 15th 2007,The Washington Post published and article about Amigo Cantisano, one the United States best farming consultants, who preaches the advantages of organic farming, assuring perspective farmers that they can be productive and natural.
Topic: Sustainable Agriculture
Category: Mainstream Journalistic
What is it: This is newspaper article from The Washington Post
Publication Information: This article was published through The Washington Post on November 15, 2007 Thursday .
Author: Barbara Damrosch
Location: The Washington Post
Support:
Amigo Bob Cantisano: U.S. Organic Farming Consultant http://www.askamigo.com
Source Analysis:
This article has a single source that advocates the use of organic farming methods. This article was published by The Washington Post, which receives 7.5 million online hits a month.
Usefulness:
This article was based around the opinion of Mr.Cantisano whose career and industry is based on the continued spread of organic farming and increasing demand for organic products. This piece is attempting to reach perspective farmers and the general public, making the case that organic farming can be profitable and maintain soil health. But Mr.Cantisano fails to mention how commercial farmers are supposed to rehabilitate existing soil so that it can be used for organic farming while maintaining profits. Amigo mirrors the argument made by the The Edge Malaysian article Make Sustainability Mainstream, saying that contrary to popular beleife organic farming techniques are just as effective as synthetic pesticides.
Work Cited:
Make Sustainability Mainstream
Filed under: Source Notes
