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Making the Transition to Organic: Ten Farm Profiles

Gigi DiGiacomo and, Robert King (2015)

Summary

In this publication you’ll meet small to mid-sized dairy producers, cattle ranchers, field crop farmers, and a start-up organic vegetable processor. You will read about their motivations for transitioning, challenges encountered, and the outcomes deemed “most satisfying.” Most important, you will learn about their strategies for transitioning—about how and when they transitioned for production, marketing, human resource, and financial reasons.