Risk and Red Tape: Barriers to Organic Transition for U.S. Farmers

Timothy A. Delbridge, Robert King, Gianna Short and Kellee James

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2018, vol. 32, issue 4

Abstract: Demand for organic food products has grown rapidly in recent years, but domestic production of organic crops has not always kept pace. We discuss the management, cultural, political, and market barriers that have discouraged the adoption of organic agriculture in the United States.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.267041

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