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The Northeast Agricultural
Leadership Assembly was
held recently, with over 300
government officials, far
mers, agribusinessmen,
scientists and rural life
specialists on hand to
discuss farm policy and
research options for the
Northeast
Massachusetts Com
missioner of Food and
Agriculture, Frederic
Winthrop, Jr., told the
delegates that the Assembly
was being held to “tell the
world that we really care
very deeply about the future
of Northeastern
agriculture.”
Winthrop, NALA con
ference chairman, noted
that the Assembly was a
“terribly important event in
light of the many problems
which are regional in
scope.” He cited four goals
for the Assembly:
“We must establish a
regional basis for coor
dination of improvements in
agriculture and rural life.”
We must work to raise
government and public
awareness of the farm
situation in the Northeast.”
We will recommend
specific programs to meet
the needs of Northeastern
agriculture.”
And, we must develop
concrete suggestions which
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will stimulate future
agricultural research.”
New Jersey Governor
Brendan T. Byrne welcomed
the delegates and noted the
many serious problems
facing Northeast agriculture
which were on the Assembly
agenda. He expressed his
hopes that .the deliberations
of the Assembly would be a
major step in resolving these
problems.
Phillip Alampi, New
Jersey Secretary of
Agriculture recognized the
diversity of the Assembly
delegates, but said that “our
diverse backgrounds is our
real strength. Now is the
time to get together in a
spirit of regional
cooperation,” Alampi said.
Dr. Hardy Vogtman,
director of the Research
Institute of Biological
Husbandry in Oberwil,
Switzerland, told delegates
at the Northeast
Agricultural Leadership
Assembly that “We don’t
have the time to wait for
another generation of far :
mers to become acquainted
with biological methods and
alternatives in fanning.”
Vogtman said that the
complex nature of
agriculture world-wide, has
put farmers in a position
where research only
becomes accepted when an
entire generation “grows up
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But Vogtman added that
current problems with high
intensity farming and loss of
essential soil nutrients have
reached a point where “we
don’t have the time to wait
for new developments.”
He called for agricultural
research aimed at the
“whole farm system.” He
said that “farmers are
generalists, but our
agricultural research tends
to look at isolated facts.
Research should fill in the
gaps to help farmers.”
He said that many on-farm
problems today are due to
farmers “following advice of
researchers in
mechanization, specializat
ion and intensification.” But
he suggested that the use of
chemicals to increase yields
is having a detrimental long
range impact on. farmers
and their land.
Vogtman said chemical
farming leads to a visions
cycle where increased usage
leads to a dependence on the
chemicals. He compared
this dependence with a
housewife who uses valium
or librium. “The intensive
use of chemicals does not
solve a problem,” he said,
“but in actuality, serves only
to cover the problem up.”
He said that sustainable
agricultural systems, based
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that food processors are now
forced to add trace minerals
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chemically grown products
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soil composition and
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