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Speaking at the Slow Money conference in Louisville, Ky., last week, Mary Berry shared an anecdote about her father, Wendell Berry. Mary told the story in the context of a panel discussion about advancing the organic movement in the face of great obstacles’as in, for instance, Monsanto. And federal, state and local laws that hinder, instead of help, local organic farmers.
Her father, said Mary, once remarked that that in order to keep going in discouraging times, it takes an ‘alliance of cranks.’
This movement to return to sustainable, organic and regenerative agriculture is a movement of hope. Hope for a healthier ecosystem. Hope for healthier communities. Hope for a generation of healthier children.
It’s also a movement that has faced more than its share of discouraging news. And powerful opponents.
Thankfully, this movement, your movement, is powered by strong, intelligent, caring, responsible, hard-working, passionate, well-intentioned and yes, sometimes complaining, citizens and consumers.
Welcome to our ‘alliance of cranks.’ Together, we will prevail.
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