Originally Posted by
bae
I run one of the most profitable agricultural enterprises in the county.
Our operations are organic, salmon-safe, whale-safe, and half-a-dozen other fancy certifications. (We don't do bio-dynamic farming, because IMO, that is basically homeopathy for dirt.) Some "nasty chemicals" do get used, but it's all within the bounds of what is permitted, and the "nastiness" is actually helpful.
The way we operate increases our yields, reduces our costs, improves the soil, protects the watershed, improves our local ecosystem, and allows for a diversity of other agricultural operations on the land we aren't using for our primary crops. It *also* allows us to nearly triple the price of our product, because PNW hipsters will pay that kind of money to feel good about themselves. Which allows us to pay a living wage to our workers.
I'm pretty much a conservative, this isn't a political issue.