This chapter summarizes the debate over the "conventionalization" of the organic sector, and applies this to a study of large-scale Australian organic producers of grain and legume products, with reference to the influence of off-farm capital on this sector. A case study is included of a proprietary company, which, through contract farming, has been influential in establishing trends towards consolidation of production, processing and marketing of grain and legume products in the Australian organic sector. The case study indicates that non-farm capital is playing a large role in shaping the direction of the organic sector, at least as far as production of durable grains and legumes are concerned and that organic farmers in the sector are becoming 'more aligned to the activities and economic goals of corporate capital, via input industries, financial institutions and processing firms'.
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