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Bringing Back The Small Farm

The primary mission of Verity Farms is to make the family farm viable by producing naturally nutrient rich foods, a trend completely contrary to the modern agriculture approach the last few decades. The typical approach has been to utilize increasing amounts of technology in mass production on corporate farms. Agriculture practices have been revolutionized by advancement in machinery, technology making the production of farming products and food stuff far more efficient. These practices primarily concentrate on VOLUME not QUALITY.

The definition of “quality” is subjective so it’s important to define. Verity Farms defines quality as Mother Nature’s natural nutrients. Rather than just produce quantity food stuffs, Verity foods seeks to leverage natural processes that have effectively fed people and animals for thousands of years. In the past few decades agricultural producers have generally attempted to produce increasing quantity at the expense of nature’s natural processes.

For the modern day production model, the return to the family farm is generally believed to be a move backwards. However, we at Verity Farms disagree with this assumption. We feel that a move away from natural, nutrient rich foods is movement in the wrong direction. Farming methods that increasingly rely on chemicals and fertilizers and genetic modifications are a movement in the wrong directions… especially when there is a better way that can generate the yields required to feed the world. We believe that the family farm is the only way to ensure food quality and soil sustainability for future generations. The commitment, pride, knowledge, and effort that is necessary to return to nature’s processes are only found in those people who “live on the land” and want to see their livelihood passed on, they cannot be purchased by corporate entities.

When people buy products, there are two main factors that consumers will not tolerate and these remain true, when purchasing wholesome foods as well. Those two factors are:

1. Excessive profitability by the producers.

2. Incompetence that increases costs or reduces value.

Verity Farms’ goal is to address both issues. First we increase the competence and viability of locally--owned Family Farms committed to nature’s way. Secondly, we monitor the profitability of those involved in the entire food chain. In essence, our modest goal is to enable the family farm to produce naturally healthy foods at a fair profit for them and at a decent price for the consumer… and do so in a way that can still produce yields that can feed the world. The corporate model of profit-driven yields allow for profitability of everyone but the family farmer in addition to sacrificing nutrition for volume.

After over 40 years of effort we have found the solution and can now achieve our goals. However, we do still face challenges. This is what we have learned during our 40 years:

1. The Verity food processes and food products will not be able to match the lower prices of those who are just providing food stuffs through man made innovations.

2. Our food will be superior in nutrition and overall value (although not cheaper), providing the healthy, sustainable food that people deserve.

3. The ability to provide wholesome foods nature’s way will be difficult to duplicate and initially limited in volume.

4. Nutrient rich foods require the unique, long-term commitment to sustainable farming methods that family farmers have demonstrated throughout the centuries (versus the profit-first motives of corporation)

5. The added value of Verity Natural foods will initially require more investment by the consumer. However, the long-term health benefits, will be far less costly than the low priced food. The reason is fairly simple; Mother Nature provides the nutrients plants, animals and people need. Man-made modifications to food and animals, often cause unforeseen health issues and conflict with natural order.

Based on these principles, A Verity Family Farmers support processes that are “TRUE TO THE SOURCE”, provide “TRUELY NATURAL FOODS”, and do it with efficiencies, volume demanded and value deserved by the consumer.

Food For Thought - Agriculture

In order to sustain life on earth food must be grown locally.

Diversifying crop production into small family farms and utilizing predatory selective insects, birds, insects, worms to open up hardpan soil and increase minerals to roots of plants.

Food should be grown locally fostering sustainability on every community through the small organic family farm.

Every living thing is supported by another living thing, even what farmers refer to as pests.

Let the dairy cows live as cows, pigs be pigs, chickens be chickens, etc., in uncrowded conditions, foraging on the seeds, grasses, insects and even some weeds which are natural to their historical evolution.

Agriculture and domestic drinking supplies are now being structured rather than stripped of their life content.

Gone is the need for growth hormones, and antibiotics fed to animals and birds.

A well diversified production of organic farming, feed animals naturally, structuring water reduces animal fatality, increases growth and health of animals, nurtures the root system of crops and their vitality for those who consume both crops and animals.

We are producing our food with insufficient mineralization at deep levels to the root systems.

The root of a plant is indicative of the health of our planet to the end consumer.

What attracts what we call pests is not genetically modified seeds but our own insistence on monoculture on large commercial farms and sick plants which the pests are designed to eat.

Our children are eating more and receiving less protein than we did 100-200 years ago.

The cause of wars and strife in many parts of the world is due to inefficient farm production lack of fertile land on which to sustain their people.

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