[Homestead] Small-scale farming a growing trend
bob ford
bobford79 at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 10 07:45:17 EDT 2008
this all sounds great, but as a consumer who must buy most produce from markets, my experience is that the so called "organic" is no fresher nor is it tastier than the regular supermarket fare. Organic is no longer
important enough to me to pay a premium.
That which I will pay a premium is actual "farm fresh" produce. And, I can taste the difference. Just one man's opinion....bobford
--- On Sun, 8/10/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue at ruralize.com> wrote:
> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue at ruralize.com>
>
> After earning a degree in biology from Gettysburg College,
> Jack Gurley
> was working for an environmental consulting firm. Then one
> spring, as
> he was planting seeds at home, he had "one of those
> moments," and knew
> he was going to become an organic farmer.
>
> That was more than a dozen years ago. Now he and his wife,
> Beckie, own
> a certified-organic farm, Calvert's Gift Farm,
>
>
> Demand is rising for locally grown and organic produce, and
>
> Some romanticize the career, focusing on the beauty of the
> fruits or
> the joy of being in harmony with the land. They may not
> consider the
> bugs, hot weather, backbreaking work to pull weeds and
> harvest
> cucumbers -- not to mention the long hours and low initial
> wages.
>
> Most organic farms have only a few employees, but counting
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