Does Size Matter?

You have read my discussions about farm size in the past.  I think I have mentioned that our biggest customer farms over 5000 acres.  Our smallest customer grows 4 acres of tomatoes.  What do they have in common?  They both want to produce their crops in ways that are economically and environmentally sustainable.  For a farm to be economically sustainable, it has to make a profit.  I ran across this article today about Tony Thompson in the Washington Post.  His farm is big by most standards, but he is also making an extra effort to be environmentally sensitive.  Some people think that if a farm is not big, it is not a real farm. Some think that it is big it cannot possibly be environmentally sustainable.  Both notions are not clear  thinking.