Agriculture Issues

Without farmers our nation would soon cease to be. Providing food for people is one of the most important and ancient vocations. Montanans should support their Montana made and grown agricultural products. We believe that we need to support and defend the family farm and discourage the irresponsible and destructive corporate agribusiness that destroy the environment and our rural economy.

The Montana Green Party supports the expansion of organic farming and opposes the use of genetically modified seeds and produce. We favor a ban on all hormones and antibiotics in animal feed, recombinant DNA growth hormones in milk, and other dangerous contaminants of the food supply. We believe that hemp is a useful agricultural product that has countless uses, including fuel, protein, fiber, paper, cosmetics, and chemical feedstocks. To continue to ban its production will harm our farmers, our consumers and our economy.