OPINIONS ABOUT ORGANIC FARMING
Please indicate the extent to which you disagree or agree with each of the following statements.
| Statements about Organic Farming | Strongly Disagree (%) | Disagree (%) | Neither Disagree nor Agree (%) | Agree (%) | Strongly Agree (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic farming is more environmentally sustainable than conventional farming. | 4.8 | 5.4 | 16.1 | 25.8 | 47.9 |
| Organic farming is more economically sustainable than conventional farming. | 5.1 | 14.3 | 32.3 | 25.7 | 22.6 |
| Organic farming is more socially sustainable than conventional farming. | 3.8 | 7.3 | 27.6 | 30.2 | 31.1 |
| Organic certification should include social standards. | 24.8 | 22.7 | 30.7 | 10.6 | 11.2 |
| Organic farming is less patriarchal than conventional farming. | 6.5 | 13.8 | 57.8 | 15.7 | 6.2 |
| To be certified, organic farmers should be required to pay farm workers a living wage. | 24.1 | 18.5 | 35.0 | 11.5 | 10.9 |
| Women who want to farm are more attracted to organic farming than conventional farming. | 4.4 | 4.7 | 54.2 | 25.4 | 11.4 |
| Racial/ethnic minorities who want to farm are more attracted to organic farming than conventional farming. | 7.6 | 10.6 | 75.6 | 4.1 | 2.1 |
| To be certified, organic farmers should be required to provide farm workers with health insurance. | 44.5 | 27.9 | 22.7 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
| Organic farming is a financially viable option for beginning farmers. | 8.7 | 20.0 | 33.6 | 28.1 | 9.6 |
| Farm workers on organic farms receive higher wages than farm workers on conventional farms. | 7.9 | 17.8 | 56.6 | 14.6 | 3.2 |
| Women are more likely to hold leadership positions in sustainable or organic agriculture organizations than in conventional agriculture organizations. | 6.7 | 11.1 | 52.3 | 23.4 | 6.4 |
| Nonresponses ranged from 3 to 31 | |||||