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Proposal
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marketing, explained AFT’s role in preserving farmland in the path of sprawl. According to Daukas, “The northern Piedmont area is the number two ranked area in the country threatened by sprawl.” In order to protect the farms, AFT operates programs to help farmers remain financially solvent.
John Bums of Sunnyside Organic Farms, who organized cooperatives for the Ozark Organic Growers and governmental agencies, described his idea of how the cooperative could operate, emphasizing the benefits of consolidating production and sharing marketing and distribution costs.
In presenting his plan, Epstein said that his intention was “to explore concepts” and to get “input from people who actually live and work around here.” Most of the people who attended, however, expected to hear a more finished proposal. Emiel Smet, Windameer Farm, Amissville, said that Epstein’s plan “left a lot of questions unanswered.” During the meeting; Smet pointed out that capital expen
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