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logical place to begin. As Secretary of Agriculture in Pennsylvania, he began programs to encourage direct marketing of farm products to consumers, to encourage family vegetable gardens, and channel “research” money—which was often being used to pursue studies already being done elsewhere—into direct farming and marketing assistance.
The direct farmer-to-consumer marketing program was especially successful: “.. .In Harrisburg, for example, the open air market is open two days a week from June to the end of October. An average of 5,000 customers go through each day and purchase an average of $9,000 worth of produce.”
The success of modest, local farmers’ markets backs up the Pennsylvania experience. There should be more of them. As Jim McHale says: “We’ve got to put people back into agriculture. We’ve got to put the ownership of our land directly back into the hands of families and individuals. Directly into the hands of those who will stop the rape of the land.. .who will, instead, steward the land and care for it. And we’ve got to put real, fresh, unprocessed food back onto the tables of America. Real food, at a reasonable price.” □
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