While we were in Slovenia at the IFAJ Congress one of our hosts was Ciril Smrkolj who is President of the Slovenia Agriculture and Forestry Chamber, a primary ag group in the country.

I spoke with him at our closing dinner. He’s very much a pro-agriculture kind of guy. He says that his organization does work on promotion and marketing. He says that the globalization of farming has made it difficult for their small farmers. They have to import a lot of the food they eat in their country and he says the transition from communist rule has been a good one but it has opened up their market and that’s what’s causing some problems for them. He says they don’t have enough protection and support from their government either.

You can listen to my interview with Ciril here: ifaj-08-smrkolj.mp3

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