Vermont Democratic Party: GOP Ag. Sec. - Small Farms May Not Survive; Scott, Billado Silent
MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 8 -- The Vermont Democratic Party issued the following news release:
Last week in Wisconsin, the Republican US Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, warned dairy farmers may not survive as the factory farm model moves to overtake family farms.
Perdue stated: "In America, the big get bigger and the small go out. I don't think in America we, or any small business, we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability."
Last week in Wisconsin, the Republican US Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, warned dairy farmers may not survive as the factory farm model moves to overtake family farms.
Perdue stated: "In America, the big get bigger and the small go out. I don't think in America we, or any small business, we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability."