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Melissa Hughes: “The organic marketplace is very separate than conventional…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Newsmakers: Melissa Hughes - CEO, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

Published | Video Starts at 06:07

It's kind of two sides. On the one side, the organic farmers that I worked with that are our owners don't really participate in a lot of the farm programs. The organic marketplace is very separate than conventional agriculture. And that's one of its strengths. And probably also one of the cons is that it really didn't participate in things like subsidies or farm programs. (06:07–06:12)

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Asserts that the organic marketplace operates separately from conventional agriculture.

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