Small is beautiful and radical

In this article, "Small is beautiful and radical" Maine local agriculture advocate Eliot Coleman uses French comic heroes Asterix and Obelix to explain why the transition to small farms is radically beautiful! He makes the point that small organic farms are ultimately about nutirtion, and draws important distinctions between those farms and market-motivated agribusiness or large-farm interests go organic. Not long ago, I heard John Piotti of Maine Farmland Trust say that organic or conventional is not as crucial as "sustainable" and that finding the right balance will enable Maine to emerge as as major agricultural state in the new food economy. Eliot argues that both organic and small matter...thoughts?