Family farms like this aren't portrayed well in King Corn or Omnivore's Dilemma. Sustainable Family farms like in this video (some larger some smaller) account for 98% of all farms and 85% of all food production. Corporate/Factory/non-Family farms actually only account for 2% of all farms and only 15% of production in ...the US. Activists have cleverly been able to appear 'pro-family farm' and 'pro-sustainability' while actually undermining the tools and technologies that most family farms rely on to produce safe, affordable and sustainable food.
http://www.youtube.com/v/hOpVYj2bKIE
References:
Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms: Family Farm Report, 2007 Edition / EIB-24
Economic Research Service/USDA
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