Environment

ALBA farm program creating organic farmers

Jun

14

Yesterday on American Public Radio's Marketplace was a story about the Agriculture and Land Based Training Association in Salinas, Ca. It featured a farmer who saved up to buy 10 acres of land and is hoping to climb the ladder of success to organic farming. ALBA's director says:

When we're talking about a context where farm-workers typically earn less than $20,000 a year in this region and throughout California. When you're presenting an opportunity for people to earn a gross income of more than $10,000 per acre, it becomes a pretty significant opportunity.
The program benefits local families by offering them organic produce at low prices and restaurant chefs also like the savings and the product. The chef at Asilomar Conference Center in nearby Pacific Grove says:
I've always thought what you put into the food is what you get out of it. And it all starts with the farmer and how they're caring for their product and what goes into it. And what they feel about it I mean it's a genuine excitement. When you get excited about food, that shows in the food and that translates to the customer.


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