Small Farmers vs The PDA... Is It True?
Farmer Mike Kovach Weighs in on the controversy
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PA Farmer Mike Kovach joins the Nourishing Liberty podcast to talk about the Amos Miller case, regenerative farming, and farm advocacy.
If you’re not up to date on the convoluted case in PA, you can read more about it here and here and here to get some background.
In this enlightening conversation, Mike reminds us that
“There’s more to it than what you’re reading in the media. The folks that are most apt to comment on this are the ones who are reading those far right rags that are saying, this is government overreach. …Like they're attacking this poor farmer who’s just trying to make a living and do his thing, and that rings so familiar to me that it's tough not to jump on that bandwagon. I kinda wanna be pissed and yelling and shaking my fists as well. But at the end of the day, with just the tiniest bit of research, you see that there's more to this than meets the eye.”
We get really geeky about regenerative farming, (but we make sure to define the terms so that everyone can understand.)
And Mike reminds us all that…
“In 30, 40 years the only farmers left are going to be regenerative anyhow, so either join us now or join us later.”
Take a listen and join the conversation. Mike’s perspective is beyond valuable!
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