01/18/2023
Stan Jensen and his family are going organic. For generations, the Jensen family has farmed several hundred acres in the middle of the Gunnison Valley growing the staple crop of Utah, alfalfa. But the changing climate has made farming more difficult. Gunnison Valley was hit particularly hard by drought “We have to change the way we think about agriculture if family farms are to continue in Utah.” To build a more sustainable future, Jensen is breaking with generations of conventional farming by changing over to best practices drawn from organic farming, permaculture and other sustainable practices. When asked why more agricultural producers don’t move toward holistic farming practices, Jensen pointed out that there is no manual. “You know who’s educating us?” Jensen said, “Monsanto spends a billion dollars a year educating us. Bayer spends a tremendous amount. That’s where our education comes from.” The result, for farmers who are often on the verge of financial ruin, is an unsustainable dependence on agricultural tech producers.
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12/20/2022
